I looked at setting up a Linux box here for SMTP spam/AV relaying. The problem is, we're a Microsoft shop, and have no Linux servers. I can set one up, but the admin time is going to be too long, and I'm the only one here with any Linux experience at all. So when it dies, I had better not be on vacation!
Erick > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Randal, Phil > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 2:07 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Spam/AV SMTP gateway > > One of my colleagues has just done a trial of GFI here and I > was appalled by the high numbers of false positives. It > seems a very primitive product compared to my favourite, MailScanner > (http://www.mailscanner.info) which we run on a Linux box > here. I personally find spamassassin to be much more > flexible and far superior to the commercial offerings. Add > in Bitdefender Linux edition (free) and ClamAV (free) and > you'll catch more viruses sooner than most commercial offerings. > > Support for MailScanner is second to none on the MailScanner > mailing list too. And I really mean that, it's the best > product support I have ever seen. > > Cheers, > > Phil > > ---- > Phil Randal > Network Engineer > Herefordshire Council > Hereford, UK > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Erick Thompson > > Sent: 15 November 2005 21:17 > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Spam/AV SMTP gateway > > > > Mail Frontier is a little too spendy for us, as we're a non-profit > > organization. > > > > GFI looks very appealing. Have you had any problems with false > > positives? Does it integrate with Outlook 2003 (Junk Email folder, > > mark message as spam/not spam, etc)? The price looks quite good as > > well. > > > > Thanks, > > Erick > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > > > richard van beers > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 6:55 AM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: Re: Spam/AV SMTP gateway > > > > > > GFI Mailessentials/Security > > > > > > On 11/15/05, Woodruff, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > www.mailfrontier.com > > > > > > > > You might want to take a look at them as well... If you havent > > > > already. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of > > > > Erick Thompson > > > > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 6:13 PM > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > Subject: Spam/AV SMTP gateway > > > > > > > > Having had a lot of problems with Symantec AV for > Exchange, we've > > > > decided to move to a SMTP based AV/spam system. After > > > looking around, > > > > the one I'm leaning towards is Barracuda. It looks like it > > > does what > > > > we need, and has an Outlook 2003 plug-in to handle > > > white/black lists. > > > > Has anyone on here used it? 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