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Last month it was Sasser. Now it's the combination of Lovgate, Bobax.A, Backdoor.Nibu.F, and VBS.Apulia. You've locked down your own systems. But that doesn't stop spam zombies from continually attacking. The unrelenting assault often stresses firewalls, email gateways and mail servers past their original design limits. And it's going to get worse. Are we looking at a new paradigm? Possibly. If so, you may want to try a fresh approach. Consider launching redundant incoming mail servers at different locations. For example, by deploying hardened email gateway appliances at remote sites, you can diffuse attacks without moving your whole organization. The off-site spam, virus and content filtering appliances can clean incoming mail, while in-house mail ...