Explanation of Email Terms

Advanced Maiboxes Advanced mailboxes combine every feature you need for professional email: Virus scanning, Spam filtering, 1 GB mailbox space - ideal for large attachments, Individual mailbox control panel - assign your chosen level of admin and configuration rights to mailbox users, Industry-standard POP3 and Roaming SMTP.
Standard mailboxes 20 MB mailbox space,Includes professional web mail and Works with all standard email software. Please note: Unlike Advanced and Exchange mailboxes, Standard mailboxes do not include virus and spam protection. The maximum capacity of Standard mailboxes is 20 MB, with a message count limit of 500
Mailbox user Control Panels Individual control of mailbox control panel specifying Mailbox password, Spam filter settings and Mailbox usage - delete old emails in bulk.Mailbox control panels are included with Advanced mailboxes (Advanced E-mail package) and Exchange 2003 mailboxes.
Roaming SMTP (Outgoing mail server) TWC's Advanced and Exchange mailboxes include roaming SMTP, enabling you to send mail using email software on your PC, from wherever you're accessing the internet. With many email providers, you need to use your broadband provider's outgoing mail servers, but with The Woodridge Company you're not tied to your ISP. For example, if you use email software on a laptop (e.g. Outlook), you'll be able to send emails using different broadband connections.
Professional web mail Where ever you are you can send and receive email direct from a web browser working in both HTML and plain text formats, this service contains all of the features of any Webmail Package with the added bonus of a easy to use built in help guide
"Push" Mobile Email Access Take your Exchange email, calendars, tasks and contacts everywhere you go. Data is pushed to your mobile device in real-time, so the latest information is always with you. Direct Push is included with Windows Mobile 5 devices and is automatically enabled on all Exchange mailboxes from Fasthosts.
Virus protection Using respected, industry-leading virus scanning software, we prevent harmful, malicious emails from reaching your computer. Interception is ensured by regular, automatic updates of both the scanning engine and the virus definition file. Viruses are intercepted in real-time, following heuristic scanning to identify and remove suspect attachments.
Spam filtering Multi-level, Bayesian spam filtering traps unwanted, unsolicited emails. Each email is checked against especially selected criteria and on your chosen filter strength. You choose whether the filter adds "SPAM" to suspect emails' subject lines or deletes the email entirely