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MCI, Inc. (www.mci.com) todayannounced it is enhancing one of its fastest growing security services,Managed Email Content, to include content control. With MCI’s newlyenhanced anti-spam, anti-virus email scrubbing solution, businesses ofall sizes can benefit from stronger security controls aimed at helpingthem better manage spam and keep their networks free from Internetthreats.

By stopping unwanted email at the network border,businesses also can protect against lost productivity and lower networkcosts by reducing bandwidth, storage and computation costs associatedwith managing spam and destructive viruses.

“Security is top ofmind for every CIO in America,” said Mark Sitko, MCI vice president ofSecurity Services Product Management.

MCI’s Managed EmailContent Service now delivers four-way protection with the addition ofcontent control, expanding its anti-spam, anti-virus and image controlcapabilities.

By scanning email before it reaches a customer’snetwork, MCI’s Managed Email Content shields company users fromunwanted or offensive content, and protects a corporate network fromreceiving harmful, damaging and inappropriate content.

Accordingto research firm IDC, the volume of spam messages sent daily worldwidehas jumped to 23 billion in 2004 from 7 billion in 2002. IDC’s ROIcalculator for spam and anti-spam solutions calculates that spam costsa typical firm of 5,000 email users $4.1 million per year inproductivity for email users, IT staff and other resources spentdealing with spam.

“We rely on MCI’s Managed Email ContentService to keep our network free from spam and viruses,” said DannyNichols, director of Information Technology at Hilex Poly Co LLC, aleading manufacturer of plastic bag and film products.

UtilizingMessageLabs patented Image Composition Analysis (ICA) technology, MCIcan detect inappropriate, malicious and confidential content. ICAtechnology uses artificial intelligence to scan the subject, body andattachments of a user’s email by monitoring key words and phrases.

ThroughMCI’s Web-based security portal, Managed Email Content customers cangain online access to a wide variety of Web-based tools for account andnetwork management.

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