Re: anti-spam software

[David Lundy <dlundy () PACIFIC EDU>]

We also use Sophos' Pure Message.  One addition feature we use is a spam
quarantine.  Users get (optional) daily lists of sender and subject of
messages designated as spam and can choose to release them through a web
interface.  This is useful in the case of (rare) false positives.  We
have integrated authentication of this web application with Active
Directory.

Dave

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David Lundy
Assistant IT Security Officer
University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA 95211
Email: dlundy () pacific edu
Voice: 209-946-3951
Fax: 209-946-2898         

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[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of David Kovarik
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 1:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] anti-spam software

NU uses the Sophos' PureMessage solution, appears to work rather well.
I'm lead to believe there are some discounts available for higher ed.

info here: http://www.it.northwestern.edu/security/eds/

Dave Kovarik, ISS/C
Northwestern University
Office: (847) 467-5930

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[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Maria Iano
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:25 PM
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Subject: [SECURITY] anti-spam software

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I am hoping to pick your brains about commercial anti-spam solutions.

The Math Department has roughly 1000 user accounts and currently uses
SpamAssassin, as well as many of the spam filtering options in postfix
such
as header and body checks and DNS blacklists. Our users mark messages as
spam and we feed them to the Bayesian database for SpamAssassin.
Nonetheless, a lot of spam still gets through. So we are looking into
commercial anti-spam software. Has anyone else gone the route of
purchasing
a commercial solution? If so, how did it work out for you? Has anyone
else
compiled a review of the different choices and how they compare? If so,
I
would love to see it. If you know of any commercial anti-spam providers
that
offer deep education discounts that would be good to know also.

Thanks for any help you can give.

Maria Iano
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iano () math umd edu
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