Re: Recommendations on Email Filtering System

[Charlie Prothero <Charlie.Prothero () KEYSTONE EDU>]

Hi, Tony.  I have previously posted to various inquiries on this topic,
but we have been very well served by Tangent for anti-spam/malware.  Our
MX records are directed to them, they run our stuff through multiple
layers of filtering, including a Barracuda, and send us only what
passes.  Keeps the traffic out of our pipe, and eliminates the need for
us to own and support this complex technology.  I have attached a sample
report, which they send me twice per month.  There's a link you can
click to get to their report server, where you can see global stats.
Please feel free to type keystone.edu into the box to see our stats.
Can't say enough good stuff about them.  The service is great, and so
are their support people.  We have never had a significant number of bad
things get through or good stuff get blocked, so I have never felt a
need for much reporting.  In fact, I had never even clicked on the link
to the report server until your E-Mail prompted me to look - and we have
had the service for two or three years now...

 

Cheers!

 

- Charlie

 

 

Charlie Prothero

CIO

 

Keystone College <http://www.keystone.edu/> 

One College Green * La Plume, PA 18440

570-945-8015

 

 

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From: noreply () tcnoc com [mailto:noreply () tcnoc com] 
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 11:02 PM
To: Charlie Prothero
Subject: Your Tangent Barracuda Spam Report for Sep 01 2007

 

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2007-09-01    

 

TANGENT BARRACUDA - REPORT SERVER ACTIVITY LOG

This is your bi-montly traffic report from Tangent Barracuda. It is sent
out on the 1st and 16th of every month providing you with an ongoing
history of your domains email activity 

 

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keystone.edu

ALLOWED

BLOCKED
FILTERED

BLOCKED
VIRUS

SYSTEM
[QUAR]

[BULK]

PER USER
[QUAR]

USER WL

2007-09-01

12063

2729

8907

2

164

199

6

56

2007-08-31

19288

5533

12968

2

221

376

8

180

2007-08-30

18083

6524

10638

2

288

385

11

235

2007-08-29

18440

6555

11026

1

260

394

12

192

2007-08-28

16666

6121

9601

0

260

439

16

229

2007-08-27

16595

6009

9640

2

347

374

20

203

2007-08-26

11653

3386

7881

0

196

135

11

44

2007-08-25

6546

1734

4512

0

110

149

6

35

2007-08-24

7176

2524

4255

1

126

150

6

114

2007-08-23

12795

5560

6397

0

258

381

11

188

2007-08-22

10659

4200

5779

2

204

296

14

164

2007-08-21

15740

5602

9148

5

364

465

21

135

2007-08-20

14727

4834

9052

0

305

401

12

123

2007-08-19

12198

3063

8724

2

174

187

13

35

2007-08-18

12161

3236

8280

5

243

347

11

39

2007-08-17

12371

4333

7205

0

360

329

17

127

TOTALS

217161

71943

134013

24

3880

5007

195

2099

YOUR PERCENTAGES

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SYSTEM PERCENTAGES

33.1%

________________________________

24.4%

61.7%

________________________________

69.2%

0.0%

________________________________

0.1%

1.8%

________________________________

1.1%

2.3%

________________________________

3.7%

0.1%

________________________________

0.1%

1.0%

________________________________

1.4%

 

 

"SYSTEM [QUAR]" IS QUARANTINED MAIL THAT IS DELIVERED TO THE USERS MAIL
SERVER, "PER USER [QUAR]" IS QUARANTINED MAIL THAT IS SAVED ON THE
BARRACUDA SERVER FOR LATER REVIEW (PER THE USERS ACCOUNT SETUP)

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