Agreed - I shouldn't have made the assertation absolute. John
> -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 10:46 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: postini spam control > > > I disagree with the assertion that it is _always_ bad news to > outsource. > There are a number of outsourced spam filtering solutions where the > administrator can log in and access mail which had been > quarantined. That > mail can then be released to the intended recipient. By > outsourcing the > filtering, you are able to save on bandwidth (less mail > incoming... Which > makes a difference if you're blocking 50k+ messages a day) and the > maintenance of the hardware and software is outsourced to a > group which does > nothing but think about that all day. Similar things can be true of > outsourcing e-mail services in general. > > Certainly outsourcing such services is not appropriate for every > organization, but by the same token there more than a few > shops which insist > on doing everything in house, when all signs point to > outsourcing being a > better solution for them. > > On 3/21/03 9:33, "John Steniger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Gonna really suck if your CEO misses an important email and > needs it STAT, > > and you need to go to a third party to get it > back.....always bad news to > > take something as essential as email and put it in someone > else's control. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
