AppRiver Joins Forces with Email Security Technology Visionary Peter McNeil

"AppRiver LLC, a leading provider of business email security solutions, today announced an agreement with Sterling, Va.-based MicroNeil Research Corporation, for joint ownership of MicroNeil's powerful Message Sniffer(TM) spam detection engine. The partnership will enable AppRiver and MicroNeil together to devote additional resources to Message Sniffer technology enhancements while making the software more widely available for integration in third-party products, services and applications. Created by artificial intelligence and robotics research innovator Peter McNeil, Message Sniffer uses advanced pattern recognition technology and a regularly updated "rules" database to accurately identify spam. Deployed since 2002 in AppRiver's complete outsourced email protection service, the technology currently is used in email security systems protecting 20,000 businesses and institutions worldwide. Unlike many anti-spam products that scan for content, Message Sniffer's sophisticated tests search for combinations of spam features including message sources, common obfuscation techniques, email and URL targets and fragments, and even coding styles. Because its database of "rules" is updated continuously in response to the latest spam attacks, Message Sniffer is able to achieve more than 98% effectiveness in blocking unwanted email messages." Source: appriver via businesswire.com