RE: In need of email spam filter...

  • From: "John Mason Jr." <John.Mason.Jr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 23:33:39 -0400


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marvin Cummings [mailto:marvc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 10:37 PM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] RE: In need of email spam filter...
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> http://www.MSExchange.org/
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> It's odd that you offer this solution because I'm currently 
> looking for a way to setup a sendmail server on my home 
> network and have it relay mail to my exchange 2003 server, 
> which I'll be able to setup freely once I receive my action 
> pack from MS. 
> Offline email to follow. 
> 
> Unfortunately this company's a Windows/Cisco shop so offering 
> a 'nix based solution isn't an option. 
> 
> Thanks 
> 


Well since there is no need for folks to log in except to the web based
management system, you might be able to sell it as an appliance.
Roaringpenguin even sells a rack mount unit as an appliance for
convienience.

John




> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Mason Jr. [mailto:John.Mason.Jr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 10:07 PM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] RE: In need of email spam filter...
> 
> 
> http://www.MSExchange.org/
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marvin Cummings [mailto:marvc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 7:57 PM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] In need of email spam filter...
> 
> 
> http://www.MSExchange.org/
> 
> Have a small LAN I'm monitoring that's badly in need of a 
> good spam filter for their Exchange 2000 email server. This 
> company has less than 50 users so I'm thinking a high-priced 
> enterprise solution may not be necessary. So far I've come 
> across the following: 
> Firetrust @ 
> http://www.firetrust.com/home/?PHPSESSID=b2f1b4cd2d92a2e147400
> c0e1da97c5
> 3
> GFI @ http://www.gfi.com/
> 
> And a few others listed at http://www.msexchange.org
> 
> What have most of you all implemented in your environments? 
> Again with less than 50 users I honestly don't think there's 
> a need to break the bank, even though fighting spam is an 
> important issue. 
> I appreciate any responses to this. 
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> 
> 
> Well a year ago I started using CanIt from 
> http://www.canit.ca. It is a *nix based solution using 
> sendmail w/milter support, mimedefang, spamassassin. I have 
> not had a virus get through both Clam Antivirus and file and 
> mime type filtering yet. Plus the ability to use spam 
> assassin and DNSbls + custom rules based on both email body 
> characteristics or header characteristics works very well. 
> Out of the box this software supports greylisting as well 
> this stops much of the spam that is sent via software that 
> doesn't wait for a response. I am currently using  a beta 
> copy that has added SA 2.60 support and Bayesian filtration 
> as well. I added support for razor2 and DCC as well. All if 
> the tools used are open source but the combination of 
> outstanding tools and support roaringpenguin.com rock. I am 
> not a Linux expert by any means but I have benefited this 
> past year as have my spam free users.
> 
> Please feel free to contact me on or off list on this,
> 
> John Mason
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