RE: iHateSpam vs GFI
- From: "Marvin Cummings" <mcummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:18:45 -0400
Thanks for that reply but I'm kind of confused now. Are you saying I
will have to go out and purchase a seperate product in addition to GFI?
Or that GFI's interface works well with the Bayesian filter?
-----Original Message-----
From: Gabrie van Zanten [mailto:gabrie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 5:08 PM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] RE: iHateSpam vs GFI
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Hi
I'm evaluating GFI Mail Essentials right now. The latest version
has Bayesian filtering which is a hughe step forward. At the moment
Bayesian filtering is considerd one of the best methods to filter out
spam BUT it does take some effort. Actually, the more spam you get, the
better the filter gets.
What I have done for my organisation:
- Created a user SPAM . Told GFI to forward all spam to that
user.
- Created a folder called HAM and a folder called FALSE SPAM.
I told my users to regularly check the SPAM folder and if they
find e-mails that are not considered spam to them, they could drag it to
the HAM folder. If in their normal mailbox they receive an e-mail which
is spam but not considered spam by the filter, then they should move the
mail from their mailbox to the HAM folder.
Once every few days, I use the Bayesian wizard to update his
settings according to the HAM and FALSE SPAM folders. And I must admit
that we get less false positives every time.
Since 14th oct, we have received only 2 false positives, 6 mails
that were not marked as spam but should have been and over 500 SPAM
mails.
In the beginning it was much worse. So a Bayesian filter gets
better every time you teach it.
And now you should just look for software that has a great
interface to your bayesian filter. Ofcourse, other filters are also
needed, don't forget about them.
Gabrie
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From: Marvin Cummings [mailto:mcummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 9:26 PM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] iHateSpam vs GFI
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Anyone have any points they'd care to share as to why they'd
choose one of these products over the other? The need is to have a
centralized spam filter that prevents any and all spam from making it to
the users inbox. Also don't want to have to sit and add entry after
entry of items to be filtered. GFI wins on the pricing being that I only
have 25 users.
I really would like to know how most feel on this.
Thanks
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