Re: Barracuda Spam Filter

[Matthew Keller <kellermg () POTSDAM EDU>]

The SpamAssassin website (http://spamassassin.apache.org/), clicking
"Docs" (http://spamassassin.apache.org/doc.html) yields several
walkthroughs at the bottom.  The Amavis HOWTO
(http://www.amavis.org/howto/) page has dozens for using Amavis +
Spamassassin w/ numerous other systems.


On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 13:44 -0500, Parker, Ron wrote:
> Exactly. We went with an outsourced solution several years ago when spam
> really exploded and we just didn't have the staff time or energy to take
> on a project involving open source software on Linux. I would have
> greatly preferred to do it ourselves but it just wasn't feasible. This
> fall (pending budget approval) I'll be looking to replace our outsourced
> solution with something better and cheaper because we are greatly
> expanding the number of e-mail accounts we provide and the outsourced
> solution  will be too expensive. Barracuda is one of the things I'll be
> looking at. Some of the information I've seen the past few days make it
> sound like they have some work to do in terms of the way they provide
> support and how up to date their software loads are. I like their idea
> because it SHOULD save me some grief over building the box myself and
> keeping it up to date.
>
> What would really be nice would be for someone on this list to provide a
> cookbook on how to set up one of these Spam Assassin boxes from scratch.
> Something probably exists so just a pointer to it would be fine. I agree
> that these things are not hard to build if you have a few pointers to
> guide you. Unfortunately, most of the time the information you need is
> on 30 different web sites and isn't always up to date. Then, if you
> aren't an experienced Unix sysadmin, you get stuck because a file
> permission isn't right or there's a simple error in an install script.
> The clustered setup that someone mentioned this morning sounds
> intriguing and it would be interesting to see what's involved in doing
> that.
>
> --
> Ron Parker, Director of Information Technology, Brazosport College
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hall, Rand [mailto:rand () MERRIMACK EDU]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 12:56 PM
> > To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> > Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Barracuda Spam Filter
> >
> > > This is a classic build vs. buy issue.
> >
> > > The 'cuda is perfectly wonderful product for those who don't
> > have the
> > > privilege of a staff such as ours, or have money to throw at the
> > > problem.
> >
> > I think Barracuda's primary competitive feature is price. At
> > Postini's price point I build. At Barracuda's I buy. Buy a
> > server, get up to speed on SpamAssasin, write a client, etc
> > and I quickly decide that I have better things to do.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Rand
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Matthew Keller
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