Hi Jay and thanks for reply. Yes we seriously considered SmarterMail, but need IMail ODBC due to a Coldfusion application we wrote and requires database backend. Rewriting all the code over to XML that SmarterMail uses, proved too resource intensive and costly. Yes we agree about message Sniffer and have been using for years and continue to do so. I believe it is the one thing that has allowed us to hang in there this long. I received some good replies from folks off list and going to help us out. Thanks.
-Don -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay Sudowski - Handy Networks LLC Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 1:26 PM To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Seeking IMail Expert and Consultant for Hire Hi Don - Have you considered moving away from iMail? SmarterMail is a great value and it sounds like things are only going to continue to improve with SmarterMail 4.0, which is due early next year. Also, have you looked at Message Sniffer (www.armresearch.com)? It's about $450/yr, but worth every penny. ----- Jay Sudowski // Handy Networks LLC Director of Technical Operations Providing Shared, Reseller, Semi Managed and Fully Managed Windows 2003 Hosting Solutions Tel: 877-70 HANDY x882 | Fax: 888-300-2FAX www.handynetworks.com ________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Schreiner Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 6:37 AM To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Seeking IMail Expert and Consultant for Hire Dear Declude List, I am seeking an IMail/Declude/Sniffer, etc. expert for consultation and hire via telephone, e-mail, and remote Terminal Server. Please contact me off list if interested in helping teach this old dog new tricks. Below is some info about our situation. With ongoing issues, bugs, and version changes (both IMail and Declude), we need help with not only decision making moving forward, but the best configurations for our clients filtering Spam and Virus'. All our licenses and SA's are up-to-date, but we remain at IMail 8.22 and Declude 1.82. Our license renewal dates are forthcoming for IMail in December, and Declude next year. Product knowledge with great results of other technologies like MXGuard, invURIBl, ASSP, ClamAV, Log Analyzers, etc. is desired, as we are certainly would consider if better alternatives can be proven. I recently tried implementing MXGuard and invURIBL with limited success and reverted back to our original set-up, as it seemed to be catching more Spam. Not sure it was these products fault, but perhaps myself in the set-up? We have been using IMail/Declude since early version 4.0 days and with mostly acceptable filtering results until these last few years, and growing worse in recent months with .gif and stock spams. I currently need some concentrated help with set-up, upgrades, and guidance. While we are a small hosting and Coldfusion Dev firm (about 100 hosting clients since the early 90's), we also work with a lot of churches and the recent Spam getting through is not acceptable. Our current issues are not with performance/volume of e-mail as we only process about 30-40k messages in/out daily. We want to upgrade to our licensed latest version of IMail (and Declude), but "any" existing IMail and Web Mail issues would not be acceptable to our clients (i.e. slowness, miscalculated bytes, etc.) Our current set-up and tools are as follows: -Windows 2000 Advanced Server -IMail 8.22 / Declude 1.82 / Sniffer -SQL 7 Database (separate server and do not use IMail registry) -F-Prot -BlackIce (use for intrusion detection and tar-pitting dictionary attacks) -The old Spam Review to ID False Positives I hope some folks here are interested and no problem reimbursing for same. Again, please contact me off list if interested. Thanks. -Don Don Schreiner CompBiz, Inc. www.CompBiz.net 407-322-8654 --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. ------------------------------ CompBiz.Net scanned for Virus' --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
