RE: Spam prevention vs mitigation

[Mike Saldivar <Mike.Saldivar () usurf usu edu>]

You can recommend a migration to Google Apps or McAfee MX Logic, they both seem to have very good spam filtering.

Or, develop a process whereby anyone who gets spam has their e-mail address changed, and must attend a training class 
on How To Not Use Work Email For Anything Besides Work Communication.

-Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of Steve Sirag
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 10:05 AM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Spam prevention vs mitigation

Hi,

My bosses are demanding 100% spam prevention, and I'd like to find some
industry papers, articles, etc that explains why that's not advisable (if
even possible).  My understanding is that spam mitigation is the goal,
keeping spam down to where it's not a distraction from business.  Our
current spam level is roughly 3-6 spams received per user per day.  That
seems manageable to me, but I'd like the extra ammunition going into the
meeting.

Can anyone help?

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