RE: Spam and A/V appliances.
- From: "Ralph Haney" <rhaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 11:03:17 -0800
Postini.com --- at about $4/user per month I feel it's the best IT
security $$ I spend each month. It ROCKS. It cut our SPAM & VIRUS traffic down
to a mere trickle overnight. Very few false positives but fully end-user
management anyway. And, auto-spooling if our links or (Heaven forbid) the
Exchange box goes down. Hard to beat!
-----Original Message-----
From: Evan Mann [mailto:emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 10:46 AM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] Spam and A/V appliances.
http://www.MSExchange.org/
Hello all. I'm looking for input on an SMTP e-mail appliances for spam/content
filtering and antivirus. I prefer an appliance over software I run on a
server, but I'll also accept input for software based products.
My exchange front end does nothing but SMTP transport work, and A/V scanning.
It has no stores on it. My current spam product runs on the back end servers,
because it uses SMTP Event Sink to pick off spam. This means I have to let
spam come to the back end server, causes unnecessary load. I want something to
put all the way in front to reduce these loads.
Two of the popular names in appliances are Ironmail and Barracuda, so I'm
obviously interested in those. I'm also looking at St. Bernanrds ePrism, as we
have their iPrism already.
One of my absolute requirements is how spam is managed. I must have ability
for end users to manage their spam and it's settings. In conjunction with
global black/white lists Users must have the ability to maintain their own
(through web interface, directly in outlook, whatever). The user must be able
to view the items in their quarantine. The key to his is the USER has some
control. I cannot utilize a device where an admin has to go digging through
quarantines for legit mail, or where an admin has to approve a mail from being
released from the quarantine.
Beyond that, I'm somewhat flexible. I'll continue to use my Exchange front end
A/V, but I want some decent A/V functionality in the appliance to reduce some
scan load.
Based on this, can those of you who have used any of the boxes I've mentioned,
and others, provide input on if they would meet my requirements, and what your
experiences have been.
------------------------------------------------------
List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist
Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp
------------------------------------------------------
Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites:
http://www.techgenix.com
------------------------------------------------------
You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as:
rhaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist
Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Other related posts:
