The JANET Mailer Shield service helps make an organisation’s mail facilities more secure and robust, particularly where the organisation is small or its resources for managing e-mail are limited.
The service offers (subject to certain restrictions):
The service does not provide:
These functions can be implemented through other commercial or freeware services and products.
Who the service is for
The service is generally intended for organisations with e-mail requirements of less than 7,500 messages a day. If your traffic is consistently more than this then you will need to contact the JANET Service Desk (service@ja.net). While you use the service, JANET(UK) will monitor the e-mail messages it sends to and receives from you. If the flow is above the expected level then the JANET Service Desk will agree with you a timetable for transition off this service.
The service is intended to support an organisation while it becomes self-sufficient. JANET(UK) will review arrangements with each organisation after a year of use.
Charges
There is at present no charge to eligible organisations for use of the service. If this policy changes, users will be advised no less than three months in advance. It is possible that an organisation which has become ineligible because of its volume of e-mail traffic or which JANET(UK) has advised to stop using the service might be permitted to continue on a chargeable basis.
