We outsource our virus scanning and spam filtering to cinergy communications. So far it's worked out very well. I must admit that meeting with them is a bit disconcerting - I've got underwear older than most of their technical staff, but they do know their stuff!
We debated all the relevant points about security and control, but in the end decided that the benefits outweighed the risks. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shotton Jolyon Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 11:00 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Outsourcing email? I suppose. Any organisation I've worked for that cares that much uses dedicated networks for data transfer to third parties it has to trust and places controls on what sort of information can be allowed onto public networks. I wouldn't trust the public networks with anything I wanted to keep secret, particularly not if it was not encrypted. But you're right, it does provide an extra opportunity. -----Original Message----- From: John Matteson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 December 2003 15:51 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Outsourcing email? I agree, I wouldn't want to run all my internal only mail through a service provider for spam/virus filtering. As for outgoing mail and inbound mail, why make it easy for someone to run a man in the middle intelligence gathering operation against your company? Running all your mail through one easy to access service point makes it very easy for some disgruntled service provider employee (who I don't have any control over), to make copies of all the mail and then black market it. Yes, a M-i-T-M attack can be run on the net, but in order to gather the amounts of data necessary to make it worth while, you need a choke point. You couldn't get enough information about my business if all you did was M-I-T-M my mail going to and from Cisco, or some other vendor like that. The information contained in this e-mail is intended for the recipient or entity to whom it is addressed. It may contain confidential information that is exempt from disclosure by law and if you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy, distribute or take any act in reliance on it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete from your system. _________________________________________________________________ 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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]
