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TABLE 9-1. ISP Spam List (Continued)
COLUMN DESCRIPTION
4. Click News. The News screen appears.
Configuring IP Filtering Settings
Botnet Activity An indication of how active botnets are for your email
servers. Botnets are groups of infected computers
that are controlled by a spammer from a central location
and are the largest source of spam on the Internet
today. This number indicates the percentage
change in the number of bots from the previous hour.
To see botnet activity, you must add your email servers
to the Valid Mail Servers list.
The News screen displays breaking news about new spam and new features
available for Email reputation. Click the following tabs for information:
• Spam News: Provides a brief overview and discussion of current spamming
tactics and the implications for organizations. It also describes how new tactics
are deployed, how they evade Trend Micro systems, and what Trend Micro is
doing to respond to these new threats.
• Release News: Provides a brief overview of new features available in Email
reputation
5. To view reports that summarize the activity between the MTA and the Email
reputation database servers, do the following:
a. Select Report from the menu. A sub-menu appears.
b. Click one of the following:
TABLE 9-2. Report Types
REPORT DESCRIPTION
Percentage Queries
The report shows the percentage of queries that
returned an IP address match, which indicates that a
sender trying to establish a connection with your
email server is a known spammer. The reports are
based on connections, not individual spam messages.
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