I dunno how much you're paying for MessageLabs' service, but it's pretty much a customized front end for the open-source SpamAssassin. The only benefit I can see over a stock Postfix/Sendmail gateway using Spamassassin, perhaps with MailScanner or amavisd or Anomy Sanitizer for some more advanced content routing, is that it gives more granular per-user settings. That's a lot of money on a bet that they can do better than 99.5% with 0 false positives than I do with a server I had laying around gathering dust, and routing sensitive information through a third party.
Not familiar with how much better Postini does than 99.5% catch with 0 FPs. My users are simply thrilled. But I haven't told them they *could* have individualized Bayesian databases rather than a monolithic domain-wide one. > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Sorenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Posted At: Monday, August 25, 2003 9:31 AM > Posted To: MSExchange Mailing List > Conversation: Messagelabs. Postini, etc.. > Subject: Messagelabs. Postini, etc.. > > > Hello all, > > I wonder if those of you that have have experience with the above > services could take a moment and share them, good or bad? > > We're currently using Messagelabs (the idea was to help > control spam and > add an additional layer of virus protection to our network), and while > the anti-spam and anti-virus scanning service are good, the outbound > mail has been very unreliable and we've actually moved our > outbound back > to our gateway SMTP servers as a result. Technical support > has been poor > as well. > > TIA for any comments. > > Steve _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
