Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative?

[TR Shaw <tshaw () oitc com>]

I agree.  Simple clean perl proxy.  Lots of GUI config. Can use ClamAV and other AV systems. Easy to deploy. Is no 
brainer to manage.

Comes in single and multithreaded.  Your call. I get a lot of email through the single thread version. Handles TLS and 
more.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/assp/files/


On Apr 10, 2011, at 6:07 PM, Joshua Klubi wrote:

> The best of them is A.S.S.P. and it works wonder I have deployed a couple and I love it
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 10, 2011, at 12:46, Elijah Savage <esavage () digitalrage org> wrote:
>
> > FreeBSD, Postfix, Amavisd, Spamassassin, Clamav and TLS
> >
> > I have seen and deployed this combination as a mail relay to exchange both in and out of large organizations 35,000 
> > plus hosting multiple domains as well as small organizations. With a few scripts it is essentially self containing 
> > very little maintenance.
> >
> > On Apr 8, 2011, at 11:51 PM, John Palmer (NANOG Acct) wrote:
> >
> > > OK, its been a year since my Barracuda subscription expired. The unit still stops some spam. I figured that I would 
> > > go and see what they would do if I tried to renew my subscription EXACTLY one year after it expired. Would their 
> > > renewal website say "Oh, you are at your anniversary date", and renew me for a year?
> > >
> > > No such luck: They want me to PAY FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR for which I did NOT receive service and then for the current 
> > > (upcoming year). Sorry - I don't allow myself to be ripped off like that. Sorry Barracuda - you get no money from 
> > > me and I'll tell everyone I know about this policy of yours.
> > >
> > > I posted an article about this unscrupulous practice on my blog last year at 
> > > http://www.john-palmer.net/wordpress/?p=46
> > >
> > > My question is - does anyone have any suggestions for another e-mail appliance like the Barracuda Spam Firewall 
> > > that doesn't try to charge their customers for time not used. I should be able to shut off the unit for a year or 
> > > whatever and simply renew from the point that I re-activate the unit instead of having to pay for back-years that I 
> > > didn't use.
> > >
> > > Thanks