Email Security

Spam and Virus Firewall Protection

Eliminate email spam and viruses before they reach your inbox. Powered by SpamAssassin and ASSP with real-time threat updates. All prices in Canadian dollars — we charge in Loonies!

Complete protection for your email inbox

The Barracuda Spam and Virus Firewall is a dedicated solution that eliminates spam and viruses from reaching your domain. All filtering is handled by industry-leading open source packages SpamAssassin and ASSP (Anti-Spam-SMTP-Proxy), providing comprehensive protection with the lowest rate of false positives.

Flexible Options

Anti-Spam Protection Plans

Choose the filtering solution that fits your needs. All plans include real-time updates from Barracuda Central.

Inbound Filtering

Most Popular

Filter spam and viruses for incoming email to your domain.

$50/mo /domain
  • SpamAssassin & ASSP filtering
  • Virus scanning & removal
  • Real-time threat updates
  • Hourly rule updates
  • Spam quarantine reports
  • Easy setup & management

Inbound + End User Control

Inbound filtering with per-user spam policy control.

$2/mo

per email address

  • Everything in Inbound Filtering
  • User-specific allow/block lists
  • Individual spam scoring
  • Personal quarantine access
  • Outlook plug-in integration
  • End-user spam preferences

Outbound Filtering

Protect your reputation by filtering outbound email.

$50/mo

per server

  • Outbound spam filtering
  • Virus scanning (outbound)
  • Spam reputation protection
  • Relay protection
  • Compliance assistance
  • Detailed outbound reports

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Multi-Layer Protection

Five Defenses Against Email Threats

Anti-Spam
Anti-Spam
Advanced algorithms and comprehensive methods detect and filter spam, resulting in the lowest rate of false positives.
Anti-Virus
Anti-Virus
Dual layer virus blocking with decompression of archives and file type blocking for complete virus protection.
Anti-Spoofing
Anti-Spoofing
Prevent forged sender addresses on unsolicited email. Specify allowed IP addresses for multi-site organizations.
Anti-Spyware
Anti-Spyware
All attachments are scanned and any spyware files are detected and eliminated immediately.
Anti-Phishing
Anti-Phishing
Robust protection against phishing schemes used to gather confidential organizational or user information.

Enterprise-Grade Security

Twelve Layers of Defense

The Barracuda Spam and Virus Firewall protects your email server with comprehensive security measures.

1Denial of service and security protection
2IP reputation analysis
3Automated rate control
4Virus scanning
5Sender authentication
6Recipient authentication
7User-specified rules
8Spam fingerprint check
9Image analysis
10Intention analysis
11Bayesian analysis
12Rule-based scoring

The Barracuda Spam and Virus Firewall is updated hourly with the latest spam and virus definitions. Updates are provided by Barracuda Central, an advanced 24/7 security operations centre that continuously monitors and blocks the latest Internet threats.

User Control

Customize Your Spam Filter

Fine-tune filtering accuracy with powerful user-level controls.

User-Based Filtering
User-Based Filtering

The Barracuda Spam and Virus Firewall can be configured to set spam policies by the end-user on an individualized basis or on a global corporate level.

Personal Allow and Block Lists
Personal Allow and Block Lists

Configure end-users to have control over their individual allow and block lists, which further reduces the chance of false positives.

Individual Spam Scoring
Individual Spam Scoring

Set individual thresholds for spam tolerance providing personalized control over spam policies.

End-User Quarantine
End-User Quarantine

Setup quarantine mailboxes where users can direct questionable email for later review.

Digest Emails
Digest Emails

A daily email is sent to all end-users with a quarantine account summarizing the contents of their individual quarantine mailboxes.

Outlook Integration
Outlook Integration

Software plug-in for Microsoft Outlook allows users to classify messages as spam or not spam to fine-tune filtering.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

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The Barracuda Spam and Virus Firewall is a dedicated email security solution that eliminates spam and viruses before they reach your inbox. It uses industry-leading SpamAssassin and ASSP (Anti-Spam-SMTP-Proxy) technology to provide comprehensive protection with the lowest rate of false positives.

The firewall uses multiple detection methods including IP reputation analysis, Bayesian analysis, spam fingerprint checks, image analysis, and rule-based scoring. Messages are evaluated against these twelve layers of defense before being delivered to your inbox.

Yes! Each user can set their own spam tolerance levels, create personal allow and block lists, and configure quarantine preferences. Administrators can also set global policies that apply to all users across your domain.

Detected spam is quarantined rather than deleted. Users receive daily quarantine digest emails showing spam messages and can review, release, or whitelist senders through a web-based interface.

The Barracuda Spam and Virus Firewall works with any email server that can forward mail for filtering. It integrates with all major email systems including Exchange, cPanel, Plesk, and custom SMTP configurations.

The firewall is updated hourly with the latest spam and virus definitions from Barracuda Central, a 24/7 security operations centre that continuously monitors and blocks the latest Internet threats.

Yes, we offer a 60-day money-back guarantee on all our services. Try our anti-spam protection risk-free, and if you are not completely satisfied, we will refund your payment.

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