Information about some of the security on our servers...
 

Updates are done several times during the week. It is possible that some protection is just implemented temporary due to a variety of threats. Please note that Gonuts4free has more protection and security on its servers that is not listed here. This page is updated frequently.

1. Internal Anti virus.

The following attachments are not allowed in order to prevent mailbox infections. Responsible viruses for this latest implementation are Blaster, Novarg and NetSky (all versions).

- *.exe
- *.zip
- *.scr
- *.htm
- *.com
- *.pif
- *.cmd
- *.bat
- *.ink

Alternative solutions for *.zip files is to use another compression program such as rarlab found at http://www.rarlab.com .This program will create your compression using a *.rar extension.

For *.htm, use *.html as extension.

2. Instant Anti Spam Engine & Bayesian Filters.

We do not allow the following type of spam.

- Emails that contain the words "viagra" or "porn".
- Emails with forbidden charsets such as "gb2312" or "big5"
- Emails with missing charsets and characters higher then 0x7F
- ISP's that are listed in the RBL (Realtime Blackhole list) of relays.ordb.org

3. Content Filter.

We do not accept the following mails to be sent or received.

- Emails that do not contain either a "From" address or "Subject".
- Emails that contain "<none>" or "<None>" in the Subject field.

4. Tarpitting

Tarpitting is used against spammers and users who try to make abuse of our network.

- IP addresses that establish more then 25 connections/sessions in 1 minute will be blocked for 30 minutes. The following message may appear if tarpitting is active on your account.

POP/SMTP not allowed, tarpitting active for IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (your ip address)

If this happened unintentionally, then please do not panic, the server will reset your account automatically within 30 minutes.

Tarpitting can also occur with users that connect to our email servers using broadband, unless they have upgraded their email address to a business account.

If you have any other questions regarding our security, please do not hesitate to contact us.