2010

ExchangeServerPro gives a detailed review of GFI MailEssentials

Paul Cunningham gives a thorough review of GFI MailEssentials and goes through all the installation steps and uses of the product - ExchangeServerPro.com, January 12, 2010

2009

Five stars awarded to GFI MailEssentials by Cozumpark

Popular Turkish IT site Cozumpark reviews GFI MailEssentials and awards it the full 5 stars - Cozumpark, September 2009

Cozumpark explain the GFI MailEssentials installation process

Turkish IT site Cozumpark positively review GFI MailEssentials in a step-by-step account going through the installation and configuration process - Cozumpark, September 2009

GFI MailEssentials awarded WM Pro Editor's Choice Award

Dutch magazine Winmagpro.nl have awarded GFI MailEssentials the WM Pro Editor's Choice Award for June 2009 due to its high spam capture rate, very few false positives, good cost/quality ratio and the fact that it requires relatively little configuration - Winmagpro.nl, June 2009

Best Channel Product 2009 Award

Five Best Channel Products Awards organized by Business Solutions Magazine have been given to GFI's products. GFI rated exceptionally well in the Network Security category and very high in terms of ease of upgrade and VARs’ ability to service the product. The winning products are: GFI MailArchiver, GFI MailEssentials, GFI EndPointSecurity, GFI WebMonitor and GFI MAX RemoteManagement, the latest offering from GFI specifically for VARs, MSPs and IT support companies.

GFI MailEssentials: An Excellent Anti-Spam and Email Security Solution

MailEssentials from GFI is an excellent anti-spam solution for small and medium businesses with in-house information services teams. Flexible configuration of blocking and management technology makes MailEssentials a fit for a variety of spam management approaches, writes Tom Olzak.

2008

GFI MailEssentials: Excellent anti-spam solution for SMBs

In a review of GFI MailEssentials™ on Brighthub.com, reviewer Tom Olzak says the product is “an excellent solution for stopping spam from reaching employee mailboxes and for combating phishing”. He comments positively on the feature set, adding that “although not as hands-off as an appliance- or service-based solution, GFI MailEssentials is very easy to manage if you have on-site IT staff. Other than the auto-stop for licensing issues, I couldn't find anything I didn't like.” - Brighthub.com, November 2008

GFI MailEssentials wins Readers Choice Award

For the fourth year running, GFI MailEssentials™, an anti-spam and anti-phishing solution, has won the MSExchange.org Readers’ Choice Award in the Exchange Server Anti-Spam category. The Reader’s Choice Awards give visitors to the MSExchange.org site the opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their respective category. GFI MailEssentials can be installed on a Microsoft Exchange server or SMTP gateway and stops over 98% of spam. - MSExchange.org, August 2008

GFI MailEssentials: Protect Your SMTP or Exchange Servers from Viruses and SPAM

In a review on About.com’s Business Security section, Ryan Groom finds GFI MailEssentials™, an anti-spam and anti-phishing solution at server level, to be “a simple yet highly effective tool that belongs in any organization that looks after its own email solutions. GFI Mail Essentials is cost effective, simple to use and most importantly reliable”. He also adds that he was “pleasantly surprised with the simplistic yet highly functional product”. The review gives the product 4.5 out of 5 stars. - About.com, June 2008

GFI MailEssentials wins Global Product Excellence Award

GFI has been awarded the Global Product Excellence Award for GFI MailEssentials™ in the anti-spam category. The awards, organized by Infosecurity Products Guide, recognize and honor excellence in all areas of information security. GFI beat off stiff competition from McAfee, PineApp Corp., St. Bernard Software and Engate Technology Group. - Infosecurity Products Guide, February 2008

GFI MailEssentials wins Editor's Choice Award 2008

GFI MailEssentials™ has won the Editor’s Choice Award 2008 from Communications Week magazine. The magazine (pg 32 of the 18 February 2008 issue) said that the product “is the perfect way for a company to manage spam with detection and quarantine capabilities that is rock solid”. - Communications Week, February 2008

2007

5 out of 5 for GFI MailEssentials

In a review on OutlookExchange.com, MVP Nicolas Blank gives GFI MailEssentials™ 5 out of 5 and describes the software as a “solid product, which lives up to the marketing claims made by GFI”. He says the installation and use is straight forward and easy and that GFI MailEssentials “works and works well”. Blank says there are other features “however message retrieval and SPAM handling is where this product really shines”. Finally, he recommends the product for use in Exchange or generic SMTP mail based environments. - OutlookExchange.com, October 2007

GFI MailEssentials wins Readers' Choice Award

For the third year running, GFI MailEssentials™, an anti-spam and anti-phishing solution, has won the MSExchange.org Readers’ Choice Award in the Anti-Spam category. The Reader’s Choice Awards give visitors to the MSExchange.org site the opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their respective category. GFI MailEssentials can be installed on a Microsoft Exchange server or SMTP gateway and stops over 98% of spam. - MSExchange.org, July 2007

Stops more than 98% of spam

GFI MailEssentials™ has won Service Provider Weekly’s Editors Choice Award 2007 for performance and reliability. The magazine said the product is easy to install and according to their tests stopped 98% of spam “if not slightly better”. “If you’re looking for more safety in your email server environment or wish to keep tabs on the system’s performance then we suggest you check out GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP software package”. - Service Provider Weekly, April 2007

98% spam detection rate for GFI MailEssentials

GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP has been awarded the Checkmark Anti-Spam Premium Certificate for staying “ahead of competitive products”. The product obtained a 98% spam detection rate which was above the Checkmark requirements and also achieved “a 100% valid email identification rate; ensuring that no legitimate email was blocked”. Other product benefits included low system requirements with the set-up process being described as “remarkably fast and pain-free”. - West Coast Labs, January 2007

GFI MailEssentials wins IT Week Magazine’s ‘Editor’s Choice’ award

IT Week Magazine, a digital publication, has selected GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP as the 2007 Editor’s Choice winner for significantly cutting down on spam as well as for its pricing and functionality. “If your company is looking for an effective method to distinctly cut down on spam in an effective manner, then you’ll want to check out GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP. You can expect the software to block more than 98% of all spam email that attempts to reach corporate users,” the magazine said. It added that the product is quite easy to install and highlighted the benefit that it can be installed on Microsoft’s Exchange or any other SMTP server. - IT Week Magazine, January 2007

2006

GFI MailEssentials wins anti-spam Readers’ Choice Award

MSExchange.org readers once again voted GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP as the winner in the anti-spam category of the Readers’ Choice Awards for the third year running. - MSExchange.org, August 2006

ITDefense "Product of the Month"

Popular IT and network security magazine ITDefense featured GFI MailEssentials™ as their "Product of the Month" in their April issue. The feature focused on GFI MailEssential's unique Bayesian filtering technology and described it as "the most effective technology to combat spam". - ITDefense, April 2006

The vital anti-spam solution

GFI MailEssentials™ was reviewed by SecurityPark.co.uk, the leading news portal for security professionals. The review describes spam as “an ever-increasing problem” and explains that an anti-spam solution has now become vital. It highlights how “GFI MailEssentials offers spam and phishing protection at server level and eliminates the need to install and update anti-spam software on each desktop”. The article points out the importance of Bayesian filtering and states that GFI MailEssentials offers a “fast set-up and a high spam detection rate using Bayesian analysis and other methods – no configuration required, very low false positives through its automatic whitelist, and the ability to automatically adapt to your email environment to constantly tune and improve spam detection.” - SecurityPark.co.uk, March 2006

2005

GFI MailEssentials wins Redmond Editors' Choice Awards 2005

Redmond magazine's panel of experts have named GFI MailEssentials™ as the winner of the anti-spam category in the publication of their annual Editors' Choice Awards 2005. Judge Dave Tschanz singled out GFI MailEssentials for medium- to large-sized networks and praised the Bayesian filtering system, saying that it "works particularly well". He was also impressed with GFI's customer service and described the website as "exceptional" as well as being "easy to use" and containing "extraordinarily useful information". - Redmond magazine, November 2005

Effective spam management application

In an article featured in a TechRepublic newsletter, GFI MailEssentials™ was highlighted as one of the more effective applications for managing spam. The article draws attention to the fact that managing the spam that comes into any organization "takes some sophisticated software and a lot of hard work". The feature goes on to explain how to deploy GFI MailEssentials as a mail gateway. Reviewer John. R. Kull praised various features such as Custom and DNS blacklists and the directory harvesting rules. He concludes by saying: "Before you invest $ 1000's of dollars in an appliance or other product, check out the GFI MailEssentials product". - TechRepublic, October 2005

Hawker Pacific grounds spam with GFI email filtering system

ComputerWorld featured an interview with Robert Burns, Manager of Information Systems at Hawker Pacific, one of Australasia's largest commercial aviation companies, detailing how the company overcame its problem with spam after installing GFI MailEssentials™ and GFI MailSecurity™. Mr. Burns said he was "monumentally impressed" with the products which he found "easy to implement and quick". The company chose "GFI MailEssentials for spam filtering, and GFI MailSecurity for filtering email-borne viruses, worms, and trojans." The magazine reported that he is now "totally satisfied; spam is down to about one percent of traffic and is fully contained." Read the full review! - ComputerWorld, August 2005

GFI named 'preferred security provider'

In an article for SearchSMB.com, news writer Charlie Russo reported that Bradley J. Dinerman, president of the New England Information Security Group named GFI his preferred vendor for IT security software thanks to its products GFI MailEssentials™ and GFI MailSecurity™. The article explained how security has now become an issue for SMBs “because of pressure to comply with government regulations intended for larger companies, like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act”. The article advises SMBs that when planning a security purchase it is important to “consider how the new product will mesh with existing systems, and how much time and effort it will take to run everything as a whole”. - SearchSMB.com, August 2005

GFI MailEssentials wins anti-spam Readers' Choice Award

MSExchange.org readers voted GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP as the winner in the anti-spam category of the Readers’ Choice Awards. The awards draw a huge response per category and are based entirely on the visitors’ votes. - MSExchange.org, July 2005

Windows Server 2003 certification for GFI MailEssentials

GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP has achieved the Windows Server 2003 certification from Microsoft Corp through VeriTest. This certification is based on an established technical standard to identify software applications that are secure and manageable, and that run reliably on the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems. GFI MailEssentials met these rigorous requirements after being tested by VeriTest: ”This certification through VeriTest provides GFI customers added confidence in their purchase of GFI MailEssentials,” said Katrina Teague, Vice President of Marketing and Solutions at VeriTest. - VeriTest, July 2005

GFI MailEssentials named 'hot product'

Windows IT Pro Magazine reader, Stephen Koning of Calgary, Canada highly praised GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP in the magazine's What’s Hot section. The publication reported that the reader nominated GFI MailEssentials as “a product that helps him do his job better”. He said: “Recently, when I arrived at my desk after being away all weekend, I had received 865 email messages. GFI Mail Essentials correctly identified 811 of the messages as spam and placed them in my spam folder rather than my Inbox. There wasn’t one false positive in that group.” The reader highlighted the product’s Bayesian filtering method and added “GFI MailEssentials has already saved me enough time to justify the cost of purchase and installation.” He concluded by saying: “I highly recommend it for anyone using Microsoft Exchange Server.” - Windows IT Pro, May 2005

High score for GFI MailEssentials

Reviewer by David W. Tschanz reviewed GFI MailEssentials™ as one of 10 anti-spam solutions in an article for Redmond magazine entitled "Stop Spam Now". GFI MailEssentials scored highest together with another two software solutions. The reviewer describes each product's main spam filtering method, Bayesian filtering being GFI MailEssential's strong point as well as its use of whitelists, blacklists and a DNS blacklist. The reviewer also states: "GFI's MailEssentials has a well-developed and easy-to-use reporting system that covers the key aspects of anti-spam activity. The filter itself is easily scalable and easy to configure". In addition, the reviewer describes GFI as having "a solid reputation". - Redmond magazine, March 2005

Keep spam in the can

In an article for mcpmag.com, reviewer David W. Tschanz, praises GFI MailEssentials™ for its “well-developed and easy-to-use reporting system that covers the key aspects of anti-spam activity’. The article also states that ‘GFI has always had a solid reputation.’ - mcpmag.com, March 2005

Redmond magazine readers' 'Preferred Product'

GFI MailEssentials™ has been named a "Preferred Product" in the "Best Secure Messaging Tool or Service" category of Redmond magazine's annual Redmond Reader Survey Awards. Redmond readers voted for their favorite products in 42 categories. More than 2,000 readers voted for the products that they use to help them get their jobs done. Editor in chief, Doug Barney commented that all the products chosen are "solid, innovative, and essential". - Redmond magazine, January 2005

GFI MailEssentials named Windows IT Pro Editor's Choice

In a comparative review of anti-spam products, Windows IT Pro magazine awarded GFI MailEssentials™ the top score of 4 1/2 stars out of a possible 5. The product was named Windows IT Pro Editor's Choice. The reviewer, John Green, compared five server-based anti-spam software products that integrate with Microsoft Exchange Server. He found that GFI MailEssentials offers "a broad range of filtering technologies", and has powerful options that let you "customize the product according to your business needs". He mentions that the product supports Bayesian filtering and includes a reporting component. The reviewer also noted that GFI MailEssentials offers features beyond spam filtering, such as, "mail monitoring, archiving, and content scanning, to add value". Read the full review (PDF format), Italian version PDF - Windows IT Pro, January 2005

GFI MailEssentials wins Product of the Year in Messaging category

GFI MailEssentials™ won the Gold Award in the Messaging category of the SearchWin2000.com 2004 Products of the Year awards. The winners were selected by a team of experts for their innovation, performance, ease of integration into existing environments, ease of use and manageability, functionality and value. - SearchWin2000.com, January 2005

2004

The bomb

In a GFI MailEssentials™ review on FileForum.BetaNews.com, reviewer ComputerDoc described it as "the bomb". The review explained how they were receiving "4,000-5,000 emails for 35 people with only 1,000 emails being valid". The review praised the fact that GFI MailEssentials allows them to "set up a junk email folder on all 35 clients no matter which version of MS Outlook they are running" which means that all his "users are happy!". - FileForum.BetaNews.com, December 2004

Hot product: Reliable spam filter

Windows IT Pro Magazine reader, Jenna Johnson of Tyler, Texas applauded GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP in the magazine's What’s Hot section. The reader stated: "GFI MailEssentials has drastically reduced the number of user complaints regarding spam in my organization. After installing the software and using it for a month, I'm beginning to understand why everyone was so frustrated. Using the reporting feature, I determined that about 46 percent of our incoming email was spam - and this is an organization that receives about 40,000 incoming email messages a week. GFI MailEssentials was very easy to install and configure. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a reliable spam filter." - Windows IT Pro, December 2004

Voted runner-up

GFI MailEssentials™ was voted runner-up in a review conducted by Serb magazine MREZ@. The server-based anti-spam product was rated 7/10 for its spam detection and 7/10 for its additional features. Reviewer Bojan Zdrnja stated that GFI MailEssentials performed very well especially thanks to its Bayesian filter. He also noted that GFI MailEssentials was the only anti-spam product tested which supports the Sender Policy Framework (SPF). In conclusion, the reviewer declared GFI MailEssentials to be a solid program. - MREZ@, November 2004

Keeping spam out and losses down

In a review for CRN, reviewer Frank J. Olhorst discusses the pros of using a blend of seperate technologies for the best protection against spam. He describes GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP as a good example of a server-based anti-spam solution. He sees the product as a comprehensive anti-spam engine that tightly integrates with Microsoft Exchange Server. CRN Test Center engineers found GFI MailEssentials "quite easy to install and work with". The reviewer concluded: "Those looking to add spam filtering directly to an Exchange or SMTP server will be well served by the product." - CRN, September 2004

GFI MailEssentials wins Readers' Choice Award in disclaimer category

MSExchange.org readers voted GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP as a winner in the disclaimer category of the site's Readers' Choice Awards. - MSExchange.org, September 2004

"A feature-packed product"

In the review "MailEssentials' new version tackles more than spam", Brien Posey compares GFI MailEssentials™ 10 with the previous version (9). He highlights the improved whitelist filtering features such as the creation of whitelists that are based on keywords. "Another cool thing about GFI MailEssentials 10 is the way that it makes use of public folders," he says, describing how users can easily whitelist someone themselves by dragging a message to a public folder or a junk mail folder, thereby helping "the Bayesian filter become smarter". This gives "users a way to recover mail themselves" without needing to burden the administrator.The reviewer also suggests that "one of the best improvements with version 10 is how it handles mail: It archives mail to an SQL server". - SearchExchange.com, July 2004

Artificial intelligence combating spam

In a review for the Italian magazine Login, Andrea Pompili describes GFI MailEssentials™ as a solution able to "intelligently" eliminate unwanted spam mail by using a number of filtering methods. The reviewer also notes that the product is very well priced offering a remarkable number of filtering options, which when combined, can detect a high percentage of spam even from unknown spammers. When speaking about Bayesian filtering as one of the methods used, the reviewer notes that GFI MailEssentials can download updates to the Bayesian spam profile database from the GFI site, ensuring that it recognizes the latest spam and spamming techniques. The reviewer also states that configuration is made easy and the manual is very well documented with step-by-step descriptions which aid in the implementation. - Login, June 2004

Multi-function software

In an article that compares four popular anti-spam filters for Exchange Server, the reviewers Synoradzki, Wawrzyniak and Zmudziñski term GFI MailEssentials™ as an efficient and elastic software that does not limit itself to filtering incoming email only. The reviewers also claim that GFI MailEssentials is “a very attractive solution, much more functional than a typical anti-spam filter”. - MSExchange.org, May 2004

GFI MailEssentials voted People's Choice Winner

MSD2D.com readers voted for GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP as the best anti-spam product in the third Annual People's Choice Awards for Exchange, SharePoint & .NET. The MSD2D People's Choice Awards recognize the best products and companies in the industry. - MSD2D.com, May 2004

A favourite of Windows spam fighters

In the article Add-On Spam-Fighting Tools for Microsoft Exchange Server, GFI MailEssentials has been classified as a “favourite of Windows spam fighters”. This is because GFI MailEssentials “offers Bayesian filtering with some feature-recognition capability, the ability to block mail based on DNSBL listings and basic quarantining of mail flagged as spam, either system-wide or on a per-user basis”. The authors Dee Ann LeBlanc and Robert LeBlanc also made reference to the integration of GFI MailSecurity with GFI MailEssentials to add virus filtering to the mail server. - InformIT.com, April 2004

High score for GFI MailEssentials

All-Internet-Security.com, one of the most comprehensive and trusted sources of information on the web for Internet security, has awarded GFI MalEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP 4.5 points out of 5. GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP also placed among the top 5, in the site's top 10 anti-spam filters for 2004. The product's "fast set-up and a high spam detection rate using Bayesian analysis" earned GFI MailEssentials a top spot. - All-Internet-Security.com, February 2004

A favorite anti-spam solution

GFI MailEssentials™ was described as a favorite anti-spam solution in a feature appearing recently on Boyce.us. Jim Boyce, author and co-author of over 40 computer software and hardware books, was impressed by GFI MailEssential's seamless integration with mail servers. He also pointed out that GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP "is a great companion product for blocking viruses, worms, and other email-borne threats." Jim Boyce has been involved with computers since the late '70s as a programmer and systems manager gaining a wide range of experience in the DOS, Windows, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and UNIX environments. - Boyce.us, February 2004

A dynamic anti-spam solution

In an extensive review for Italian security portal PortaZero, Silvio Umberto Zanzi found GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP to be an effective anti-spam tool through its implementation of dynamic techniques. The reviewer is particularly impressed with how GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP uses Bayesian analysis, along with other methods, to help eliminate over 98% of spam messages. - PortaZero.info, February 2004

2003

A favored anti-spam product

GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP was voted runner-up in the "Block the Flood of Spam" category of the "Products You Love" Awards organized by Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine. Voting in 34 categories took place over a four-day period in November and over 900 readers, representing 110,000 subscribers, voted. - Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine, December 2003

5 stars for GFI MailEssentials

Leading German IT site, Winexperts.de, has awarded GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP the highest score of five stars. The review highlights the product's user-friendly interface and the different methods it uses to catch spam. The reviewer, Andreas Toth, was particularly impressed with the product's automatic whitelist feature. During tests conducted for the review, GFI MailEssentials detected 95% of all spam thrown at it. The review concluded that GFI MailEssentials is an effective and affordable means of blocking spam, and awarded it top marks. - Winexperts.de, November 2003

Panthers blitzes spam with GFI MailEssentials

An article on Australian magazine Computerworld discusses how Panthers Entertainment, the "Penrith-based gaming and entertainment giant" has seen "significant productivity gains" since using GFI MailEssentials™. Journalist Helen Han reported that previously, Panthers employees had to sift through hundreds of spam emails per day, thus reducing productivity. The write-up said that Greg Marr, IT Manager for Panthers, had still to find any "false positives" from using GFI MailEssentials, adding that "the tool has also reduced viruses and Marr estimates productivity savings of about 30 minutes a day." - Computerworld, November 2003

GFI MailEssentials voted MSExchange.org Readers' Choice Award Winner

GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP was named the winner in the Anti-Spam category of MSExchange.org Readers' Choice Awards. MSExchange.org is a leading Microsoft Exchange Server resource site that conducts regular polls to discover which products are preferred by Exchange administrators. - MSExchange.org, November 2003

"Among the best"

In an extensive review of spam fighting tools for Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine, Mike Gunderloy found GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP to be "among the best" anti-spam solutions. The reviewer describes GFI MailEssentials' multiple anti-spam layers - and is particularly impressed with the product's Bayesian filter and its auto-whitelist - and explains that "by combining several approaches you can tune the level of spam blocking to fit in with your own enterprise’s mail". Pointing out that GFI MailEssentials also offers "strong reporting and monitoring components", the writer concludes that GFI MailEssentials is a solution that will satisfy Exchange administrators. - Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine, October 2003

5-star rating for GFI MailEssentials

Softforall.com, a site providing high quality shareware and freeware, has awarded GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP five stars, the highest rating possible. - Softforall.com, October 2003

5-star rating

Top software distribution site, File Transit Inc., has given GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP 9 a five-star rating for being a high quality server-based anti-spam and email management solution for Microsoft Exchange Server, Lotus Notes and SMTP/POP3 mail servers. - FileTransit.com, September 2003

Top score for GFI MailEssentials

GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP was awarded the topmost five-point rating by SharewareRiver.com, a web-site featuring a vast collection of shareware and freeware software. - SharewareRiver.com, September 2003

Top pick

GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP was chosen as top software pick by the review staff at SoftNews.ro, an online library featuring thousands of free and free-to-try programs for Windows. The site also awarded GFI MailEssentials the top five point rating. - SoftNews.ro, August 2003

"Simple and straightforward"

In a review of anti-spam products, Technology & Business found GFI MailEssentials™ to be "a very neat and tidy package that is relatively simple and straightforward to install and configure". Writing for the magazine, reviewer Matt Tett of RMIT Test Labs was impressed with GFI MailEssentials' support for blacklists, whitelists and foreign character set blocking. He described the overall configuration and criteria for allowing/denying mail as "very detailed and quite extensive". He also liked the "well-designed administration console makes what could be quite a difficult task more logical and easier to complete". - Technology & Business, July 2003; ZDNet Australia, August 2003

"A good investment"

In a review for .NET Magazine, consultant and Microsoft Outlook MVP, Diane Poremsky describes GFI MailEssentials™ as a spam filtering tool that is easy to set up and easy to use. Stressing how such spam filtering "is becoming a corporate necessity given the amount of junk email that fills users' mailboxes on a daily basis", the reviewer highlights the various features which distinguish GFI MailEssentials from other anti-spam products, such as its multiple anti-spam filters. She also focuses on the product's email management features, including the capability to issue auto replies that "aren't limited to one reply per address". The review concludes that GFI MailEssentials is "a good investment". - .NET Magazine, July 2003

5-star rating

The UK’s leading shareware and freeware software download library, UKwares.com, awarded GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP the highest possible rating of five stars. - UKwares.com, June 2003

FileHungry.com awards GFI MailEssentials

FileHungry.com, the resource center for top rated shareware and freeware, awarded GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP five stars, the highest rating possible. - FileHungry.com, June 2003

"The best weapon you'll ever use in the war against spam"

In an extensive review of GFI MailEssentials™ 8 for ServerWatch, Dan DiNicolo said the product might be the best weapon an administrator will "ever use in the war against spam". His view is that the product "provides some of the most comprehensive anti-spam capabilities currently available, but also industrial-strength mail monitoring, the ability to add disclaimers to all outgoing messages, and more. Impressively, GFI provides many of the product's best features as freeware, making GFI MailEssentials 8 a must-evaluate product for administrators of large and small networks alike". Read more here. - ServerWatch, May 2003

Does "a great job" in keeping spam out of sight and out of mind

"Recently, my firm tried out GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange, which has many tools for handling an email server, including a spam filter. On the first day, new mail to our email in-boxes was cut in half. (That's right, half.)," writes technology specialist, Cheryl Currid in the 12 May 2003 issue of 'Network World Newsletter: Cheryl Currid's Technology Executive'. She continued: "And, for me, it changed my whole outlook on email. For the first time, I could get through the messages. While the software hasn't prevented all spam, it's done a great job and keeping it out of sight and out of mind." - NetworkWorld, 12 May 2003

An automatic "bouncer" for your email server

ESM Magazine consultant editor Kay Ewbank is impressed by the way GFI MailEssentials™ keeps out "those persistent, undesirable types" of email. In a review of the product, she found that "GFI MailEssentials 8 overcomes most worries that people have about anti-spam products. The automatic whitelist management gets around many of the usual problems of anti-spam software, and the blocking options can be configured to offer sensible control of incoming mail". - Enterprise Server Magazine, April 2003

Top marks for GFI MailEssentials

Review staff at BrotherSoft.com, a leading provider of shareware and freeware software, awarded GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP 8 the maximum 5 out of 5 rating because "this product is easy to use, it has a professional-looking interface" and "it is excellent compared to other programs in this section". - BrotherSoft.com, April 2003

Top scorer with 9/10

In a review of three server-based anti-spam products, technical author, Brien M. Posey named GFI MailEssentials™ as his "personal favorite" due to its "really practical methods for catching spam" and awarded it 9 marks out of a possible 10. He particularly likes the product's ability to block spam on the basis of character set, its whitelist and blacklist features, its spam handling capabilities and its generation of fake delivery receipts - "The idea is that if you can trick the sender into thinking that your E-mail address is bad then there is a really good chance that you will be removed from the sender's mailing list". - BrienPosey.com, April 2003

GFI MailEssentials named FOSE best technology finalist

Government Computer News has selected GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP 8 as one of three FOSE 2003 'Best New Technology' finalists in the network software category. - Government Computer News, March 2003

GFI MailEssentials named Editor's Choice

SoftLandmark, a top download site, has awarded GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP five stars and named it Editor's Pick, describing the product as "excellent". - SoftLandmark, March 2003

5-star award

GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP has been awarded the top score of 5 stars by TopShareware, a leading software distribution website. The award was granted as a result of the product's advanced spam detection technology. - TopShareware.com, March 2003

2002

GFI MailEssentials 7 named Editors' Choice 2002

MCP Magazine reviewer David W. Tschanz selected GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP 7 in a suite with GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP as the winner of the publication's Editor's Choice award 2002. Read the full review (PDF format) - Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine, December 2002

Makes blocking spam easy!

"Blocking spam before it gets to your mailboxes is an easy task when you use GFI's MailEssentials™," says well-known IT author Diane Poremsky in her review of the product for .Net Magazine. Finding GFI MailEssentials "simple to use", the reviewer concludes that "if you're looking to filter e-mail spam, create auto-reply messages and disclaimers, or use a POP3 connector, MailEssentials is a good bet... if you want content checking and anti-virus features, take a look at GFI's MailSecurity, or consider combining the two products." - .NET Magazine, November 2002

5 stars for GFI MailEssentials

SoftNews.ro, a leading software site, has given GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP the thumbs-up and awarded the product a top rating of five stars. The site highlighted the "extensive spam detection technology" included in GFI MailEssentials. - SoftNews, October 2002

Mail essentials "worth going for"

Jon Honeyball: "I'm pleased it's installed on my servers and I wouldn't want to uninstall it." "Spam emails just vanish into the ether, although Mail essentials can write them to a disk file for you," he wrote, describing it as a "workable, stable and straightforward product". Read the full review - PC Pro, January 2002

2001

GFI MailSecurity (when formerly known as Mail essentials) for Exchange awarded 5 stars!

Secure Computing Magazine, a global leader in information security knowledge, rated GFI MailSecurity™ for Exchange 2000 as a top product and awarded it the highest score of 5 stars. -Secure Computing Magazine, August 2001

GFI MailSecurity (when formerly known as Mail essentials) awarded InternetWorks Gold Award

InternetWorks has awarded GFI MailSecurity™ (when formerly known as Mail essentials) the Gold Award, describing it as being "well-written [and having] excellent features". Reviewer Rob Fenwick wrote, "Overall, it's a well-presented and flexible tool that we recommend to any Exchange administrator who want to cut down on their network admin". - Internet Works, July 2001

Microsoft TechEd Best of Show finalist

MailSecurity™ (when formerly known as Mail essentials for Exchange/SMTP) was selected as Microsoft TechEd Best of Show finalist in the Microsoft Exchange category. - TechEd 2001, June 2001

2000

Pick of the Year 2000

Secure Computing Magazine named MailSecurity™ (formerly Mail essentials for Exchange/SMTP) as the Pick of 2000 -Secure Computing Magazine, December 2000

A spam filter on steroids

"MailSecurity™ (when formerly known as Mail essentials) offers an interesting option: Set up an intermediary POP3/SMTP gateway between the enterprise email server and its host gateway... Mail essentials is a well-thought-out utility that works as advertised and can add significant value to a bare-bones email system." - InternetWeek, February 2000

A nice tool to work with

"MailSecurity™ (when formerly known as Mail essentials) has a variety of features... If you want a nice tool with lots of extras, especially if you're running Exchange, give Mail essentials a look." - NetworkWorld, February 2000

GFI MailSecurity (when formerly known as mail Essentials) for Exchange/SMTP wins Best of '99 Award

Computer Journal gave GFI MailSecurity™ (when formerly known as Mail essentials) the Best of '99 Award for the product's extraordinary performance and excellent features. - Computer Journal, January 2000

1999

MailEssentials "takes your Exchange server to the next level"

MCP Magazine praised GFI MailSecurity™ (when formerly known as Mail essentials) and highlighted the product as the add-on tool for Microsoft Exchange Server. - MCP Magazine, November 1999

MailEssentials earns 8 out of 10 from PC Plus Magazine

"Easy-to-use tool for managing incoming and outgoing email." - PC Plus Magazine, October 1999