Hostica provides basic anti-spam and Anti-Virus Protection which you can enable in your account for a small monthly fee.  You can set whether you want messages deleted or forwarded to an alternate box. With a 90% accuracy rate and a low false detection rate,  this option will be sufficient for most users.

AntiSpam allows you to trace, filter out and delete spam messages coming to your Mailbox. You can enable antispam protection on the account level,on the mail domain level, and on the mail resource level.

To enable antispam for the entire account:

1. Select Account settings in the Account menu. The following page will show:

   

2. Click to add antispam resource for all Mailboxes or for all mail resources (box, forward, alias, responder) in this account.

To enable antispam for a maildomain:

1. Go to the Mail Info menu and select the mail domain from the drop-down box.
2. Click Go and you will see the mail service details of the chosen mail domain:

   

3. On the page you will be taken to, add antispam either for all Mailboxes of this mail domain or for all mail resources (box, forward, alias, responder).
4. Clicking the antispam icon will let you configure antispam settings for mail resources.
5. Click the Submit button at the bottom of the form.

To configure antispam protection for a mail resource:

1. Click the e-mail address in the E-mail list on the Mail Controls page. The following page will appear:

   

2. Check the AntiSpam box.
   
3. Click the Submit button at the bottom of the form.
4. On the Mail Controls page click the Antispam icon in the Resources included column:

   

5. Fill up the Antispam preferences page that will show:

   

6. Click the Submit button at the bottom of the form.

AntiVirus resource checks incoming mail for viruses and if detects any, sends e-mail notification about it and deletes the virus mail. You can enable antivirus resource for all mail Domains in your account, for specific maildoman and for mail resources of specific maildomain.

To enable antivirus for the entire account:

1. Select Account settings in the Account menu. The following page will show:

   

2. Click to add antivirus resource for all Mailboxes or for all mail resources (box, forward, alias, responder) in this account.
   

To enable antivirus for a maildomain:

1. Go to the Mail Info menu and select the mail domain from the drop-down box.
2. Click Go and you will see the mail service details of the chosen mail domain:

   

3. On the page you will be taken to, add antivirus resource either for all Mailboxes of this mail domain or for all mail resources (box,forward,alias,responder).
4. Clicking the antivirus icon will let you configure antivirus settings for mail resources.
5. Click the Submit button at the bottom of the form.

To configure antivirus protection for a mail resource:

1. Click the e-mail address in the E-mail list on the Mail Controls page. The following page will appear:

   

2. Check the AntiVirus box.
   
3. Click the Submit button at the bottom of the form.
4. On the Mail Controls page click the Antispam icon in the Resources included column:

   

5. The following page will show. Edit the Antivirus preferences if necessary.
   By default, it is set to Remove all incoming mail that bears a virus.

   

6. Click Submit.