Montreal based company Gwava will deliver its Linux-based anti-spam/anti-virus software in November.

GWAVIX, its solution for Novell GroupWise was first unveiled at the last Novell BrainShare Conference. The software is designed for organizations looking to move critical messaging infrastructure to the Linux platform, the company describes, adding that automatic updates to GWAVIX guarantee that the Operating System, GWAVIX components, Anti-Virus updates and security patches are up to date.

WASP, a virus defense system for the WebAccess portion of your GroupWise Messaging System, was recently released by the company. It connects directly to the post office, scanning attachments as they are uploaded via the browser.

GWAVIX is deployed on dedicated hardware located at the SMTP gateway. GWAVIX uses multiple Anti-Virus engines to scan each email and deploys Anti-Spam Heuristics to insure the highest level of effectiveness against spam. GWAVIX and GWAVA are fully compatible and complimentary technologies. They are designed to run together in order to provide unparalleled protection for GroupWise from the inside and from the outside. GWAVIX can also be configured to reroute IMS.

GWAVIX has several Spam features allowing users to manage the load of unsolicited e-mails in a number of ways. As e-mail passes through the GWAVIX unit, the header, subject line, sender and content is analyzed for known patterns found in unsolicited e-mails. Each e-mail is given a "spam status score" which is added to the e-mail's header.

Flexibility and user control are featured in the program. Entire domains can be blocked or quarantined. Additional text can be added to the subject line of e-mails tagged as Spam, or the spam status scores in each e-mail header can be utilized to filter unsolicited mail in detail using other applications, such as a mail agent.