Postini was an e-mail, Web security, and archiving service that filtered e-mail spam and malware (before it was delivered to a client's mail server), e-mail archiving. Launched July 1, 1999; shut down August 21, 2012 — it lived 13 years. One of 23 Google products killed in 2012. Postini, Inc. was an e-mail, Web security, and archiving service owned by Google from 2007 until its closure. It provided cloud computing services for filtering e-mail spam and malware, offered optional e-mail archiving, and protected client networks from web-borne malware. In November 2011, Google announced the discontinuation of Postini in August 2012. Wiki link Data: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com, MIT).