RESEARCHING AND BUILDING AN OPEN SOURCE ANTI-SPAM (SPAM-AVOIDANCE) FRAMEWORK FOR UNIVERSITY’S EMAIL SYSTEM

Abstract

In recent years, the email system of Hanoi Univeristy of Science and Technology (HUST) has become more and more important in exchanging information and research activities. However, based on the monitoring and managing system of email service, we found that the email system received a huge of spam per day. Beside using these spam (messages) for advertising and trade purpose, they are also used for propaganda purpose unsuitable and illegal content. Furthermore, they are often attached malicious link, malicious virus ... So, detecting and preventing spam are necessary to ensure the stability of email system and assist the teachers working efficiently in training, teaching, research, exchanging information. Therefore, we proposed a research proposal and built anti-spam solutions for email system of HUST.