Mailshell - Internet Security Engine Leader

Benefits

	Experts dedicated to your complete protection and satisfaction.			Over 8 million commercial installations in 192 countries.
	World's best detection of spam, phishing, and 90 other category types.			Near 100% OEM renewal.
	Plug-ins for Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird, Firefox, IE, Exchange, Sendmail, and Domino.			Flexible options and easy to use.
	Over 40 respected OEMs worldwide.			Over 12 years of experience.

Why Use Mailshell?

Features And Benefits

Mailshell

Halon Security

Cloudmark

SpamAssassin

[+] Over 99.9% Accuracy

[+] Top 3 Ranking in VBSpam

[+] Near 100% OEM Renewal Rate

[+] Same Management Team For 10+ Years

[+] 12+ Respected Desktop OEMs

[+] Desktop Plug-ins Source Code

[+] Server Plug-ins Source Code

[+] Consumer Reports Winner

[+] 10,000+ queries/sec Supported

[+] 60+ Data Centers

[+] Servers in 23+ Countries

[+] Servers in 6 Continents

[+] 12+ Years OEM Experience

[+] 8+ Technology Patents

[+] OEM Can Download and Host Data

[+] More Features

[+] 7+ Platforms Supported

[+] Configurable User Privacy

[+] PC Magazine Editor's Choice

[+] Outbound Mail Filtering

[+] 20+ Native Languages of Developers

Sources

Why Not Use Mailshell?

Features And Benefits

Mailshell

Halon Security

Cloudmark

SpamAssassin

[+] Free

[+] Open Source

[+] Direct Sales to Users

Benchmarks

Compare Mailshell SDK performance to:

Mailshell SDK vs Halon Security

VBSpam Catch Rate*

VBSpam False Positives*

VBSpam Newsletters False Positives*

Mailshell catches 84.73% more spam than Halon Security

Mailshell has 75% less false positives than Halon Security

Mailshell has 100% less false positives than Halon Security

* VBSpam benchmarks are based on VBSpam November 2011, VBSpam September 2012 and VBSpam January 2013 test results assuming that what Mailshell errored on was correctly classified by others and vice versa.

Accuracy

Speed

Timeouts

Mailshell has 65.59% less errors than Halon Security

Mailshell is 90.32% faster than Halon Security

Mailshell has 99.99% less timeouts than Halon Security

Testing Methodology

We collect hundreds of messages every second. We take a sample and send the sample to Mailshell and competitive products simultaneously in random order. We measure accuracy, speed, and timeouts. For the accuracy errors, we retest every 5 minutes to all products that failed until the errors are fixed. Here is a sample breakdown of the messages: SpamIQ.

Mailshell SDK vs Cloudmark

Accuracy

Speed

Timeouts

Mailshell has 52.40% less errors than Cloudmark

Mailshell is 66.75% faster than Cloudmark

Mailshell has 51.62% less timeouts than Cloudmark

Testing Methodology

Mailshell SDK vs Norton

VBSpam Catch Rate*

VBSpam False Positives*

VBSpam Newsletters False Positives*

Mailshell catches 57.42% more spam than Norton

Mailshell has 100% less false positives than Norton

Accuracy

Speed

Timeouts

Mailshell has 67.89% less errors than Norton

Mailshell is 50.99% faster than Norton

Mailshell has 79.77% less timeouts than Norton

Testing Methodology

Mailshell SDK vs Kaspersky

VBSpam Catch Rate*

VBSpam False Positives*

VBSpam Newsletters False Positives*

Mailshell catches 85.40% more spam than Kaspersky

Mailshell has 100% less false positives than Kaspersky

Accuracy

Speed

Timeouts

Mailshell has 94.75% less errors than Kaspersky

Mailshell is 50.17% faster than Kaspersky

Mailshell has 50.36% less timeouts than Kaspersky

Testing Methodology

Mailshell SDK vs Bitdefender

VBSpam Catch Rate*

VBSpam False Positives*

VBSpam Newsletters False Positives*

Mailshell catches 82.26% more spam than Bitdefender

Mailshell and Bitdefender both had 0% false positives

Mailshell has 100% less false positives than Bitdefender

Accuracy

Speed

Timeouts

Mailshell has 91.09% less errors than Bitdefender

Mailshell is 66.75% faster than Bitdefender

Mailshell has 55.45% less timeouts than Bitdefender

Testing Methodology

Mailshell SDK vs F-Secure

Accuracy

Speed

Timeouts

Mailshell has 52.69% less errors than F-Secure

Mailshell is 70.63% faster than F-Secure

Mailshell has 74.91% less timeouts than F-Secure

Testing Methodology

Mailshell SDK vs G Data

Accuracy

Speed

Timeouts

Mailshell has 94.29% less errors than G Data

Mailshell is 98.20% faster than G Data

Mailshell has 98.95% less timeouts than G Data

Testing Methodology

Mailshell SDK vs SpamAssassin

Accuracy

Speed

Timeouts

Mailshell has 58.43% less errors than SpamAssassin

Mailshell is 98.86% faster than SpamAssassin

Mailshell has 99.99% less timeouts than SpamAssassin

Testing Methodology

Mailshell SDK vs Halon Security

VBSpam Catch Rate*

VBSpam False Positives*

VBSpam Newsletters False Positives*

Mailshell catches 84.73% more spam than Halon Security

Mailshell has 75% less false positives than Halon Security

Mailshell has 100% less false positives than Halon Security

Accuracy**

Speed**

Timeouts**

Mailshell has 65.59% less errors than Halon Security

Mailshell is 90.32% faster than Halon Security

Mailshell has 99.99% less timeouts than Halon Security

Mailshell SDK vs Cloudmark

Accuracy**

Speed**

Timeouts**

Mailshell has 52.40% less errors than Cloudmark

Mailshell is 66.75% faster than Cloudmark

Mailshell has 51.62% less timeouts than Cloudmark

Mailshell SDK vs Norton

VBSpam Catch Rate*

VBSpam False Positives*

VBSpam Newsletters False Positives*

Mailshell catches 57.42% more spam than Norton

Mailshell has 100% less false positives than Norton

Accuracy**

Speed**

Timeouts**

Mailshell has 67.89% less errors than Norton

Mailshell is 50.99% faster than Norton

Mailshell has 79.77% less timeouts than Norton

Mailshell SDK vs Kaspersky

VBSpam Catch Rate*

VBSpam False Positives*

VBSpam Newsletters False Positives*

Mailshell catches 85.40% more spam than Kaspersky

Mailshell has 100% less false positives than Kaspersky

Accuracy**

Speed**

Timeouts**

Mailshell has 94.75% less errors than Kaspersky

Mailshell is 50.17% faster than Kaspersky

Mailshell has 50.36% less timeouts than Kaspersky

Mailshell SDK vs Bitdefender

VBSpam Catch Rate*

VBSpam False Positives*

VBSpam Newsletters False Positives*

Mailshell catches 82.26% more spam than Bitdefender

Mailshell and Bitdefender both had 0% false positives

Mailshell has 100% less false positives than Bitdefender

Accuracy**

Speed**

Timeouts**

Mailshell has 91.09% less errors than Bitdefender

Mailshell is 66.75% faster than Bitdefender

Mailshell has 55.45% less timeouts than Bitdefender

Mailshell SDK vs F-Secure

Accuracy**

Speed**

Timeouts**

Mailshell has 52.69% less errors than F-Secure

Mailshell is 70.63% faster than F-Secure

Mailshell has 74.91% less timeouts than F-Secure

Mailshell SDK vs G Data

Accuracy**

Speed**

Timeouts**

Mailshell has 94.29% less errors than G Data

Mailshell is 98.20% faster than G Data

Mailshell has 98.95% less timeouts than G Data

Mailshell SDK vs SpamAssassin

Accuracy**

Speed**

Timeouts**

Mailshell has 58.43% less errors than SpamAssassin

Mailshell is 98.86% faster than SpamAssassin

Mailshell has 99.99% less timeouts than SpamAssassin

Testing Methodology

** We collect hundreds of messages every second. We take a sample and send the sample to Mailshell and competitive products simultaneously in random order. We measure accuracy, speed, and timeouts. For the accuracy errors, we retest every 5 minutes to all products that failed until the errors are fixed. Here is a sample breakdown of the messages: SpamIQ.

Experts dedicated to your complete protection and satisfaction. Mailshell has 12+ years of mission-critical infrastructure experience as a provider of security software, data, services, and consulting to over 8 million commercial installations in 192 countries.

Mailshell SDK was first released in 2002 and is powered by Mailshell LiveFeed, a global real-time reputation data service, running in 61 secured data centers, in 24 countries, and in 6 continents and processing billions of requests.