This whitepaper will introduce an innovative solution that addresses the problem of e-mail information overload using economic principles such as a virtual currency. Unlike existing filtering technologies, this solution enables organizations to tilt the economics of e-mail in their favor.

This whitepaper explores the ways Hewlett-Packard’s Reference Information Storage System (RISS), together with Reference Information Manager (RIM) for Messaging, can be used to facilitate email migrations.

While at first spam was relatively easy to block through the use of blacklists or basic content filtering techniques, spamming methods have advanced to the point that these technologies are no longer sufficient or cost-effective. Therefore, anti-spam technologies have had to evolve with spam to stay effective in this adversarial environment.