Re: SPAM/spyware appliances or services

[Ron Parker <rparker () BRAZOSPORT EDU>]

We've been using Postini for several years. When the spam explosion really
got going a few years ago we just didn't have the staff to do our own
solution. I generally like their product. It has certainly saved our bacon
several times when major outbreaks occurred. My major concern with it is
that it won't scale well in terms of cost as we add 4,000 student accounts
to it. We only use it for a few hundred employee and a few hundred student
accounts at this point.

I'm currently planning to evaluate some appliance products like Barracuda
as possible replacements for Postini. I'm also considering some of the
roll-your-own solutions using various open source applications but
laziness will probably send us down the appliance route.

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Ron Parker, Director of Information Technology, Brazosport College
Voice: (979) 230-3480             FAX: (979) 230-3111
http://www.brazosport.edu




--
Ron Parker, Director of Information Technology, Brazosport College
Voice: (979) 230-3480             FAX: (979) 230-3111
http://www.brazosport.edu


On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Gary Dobbins wrote:

> Am curious to know who's using an appliance or an external service (as
> distinct from software running on the MTA) to aggressively filter spam for
> their campus.  Additionally, do any of you employ products which filter
> spam from email traffic as well as filter spyware from HTTP; who's using what?
>
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