It's not an appliance, but I've had great success with Google's Email Filter service at two installations. It's very effective, accurate, inexpensive ($4/user/year), the users love it, and requires zero admin effort now that it's setup. I doubt there's a more cost effective paid solution available, and all the crap is filtered before it hits the internal circuit.
Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _____ From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 4:41 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Anti-SPAM Appliances I won't comment on GFI (I like SOME of their products). What I will say is that, while I generally like having things under my control, I find the appliance model to be the best one for dealing with spam (YMMV). It gives you a middle ground between an offsite service and having to maintain the software/hardware yourself. It is one less server that I have to worry about directly administering. It basically "just works" and if there is a problem, I just contact their support who deal with it. The only real problem is that if the box were to completely die, I don't have any direct ability to get a replacement up and running...but even that can be mitigated (you can cluster the appliances). ________________________________ From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 4:33 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Anti-SPAM Appliances To me GFI is almost next to free, so it typically takes a bit more work. Their products seem to work fine, but just need a bit more hand holding. From: Brian Dugas [mailto:br...@summit-technical.com] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Anti-SPAM Appliances We use GFI for SPAM control - work decent, but requires alot of tuning. Does Ironport require much in the way of tuning rules for SPAM? Do you really need an installer? From what I have read its almost plug-n-play. Thanks, Brian _______________________________ Brian Dugas MIS Director Summit Technical Services, Inc. bdu...@summit-technical.com 401-736-8323 Ext.1011 www.summit-technical.com ________________________________ From: Theochares, George [mailto:gtheocha...@campbell-trial-lawyers.com] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 4:15 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Anti-SPAM Appliances Yes, we started using Ironport this January after years of using Trend. No problems at all. Support is great and the users are very happy. The encrpytion feature has become very useful in the legal business. ________________________________ From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 4:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Anti-SPAM Appliances We have an IronMail that we purchased a little over a year ago. We had major problems with spam at that time (our software solution wasn't cutting it), and the IronMail eliminated them. Having spam sneak through is relatively (legit to spam ratio) rare these days. The installer was a real pro, and little administration is required. We haven't had many issues, but when they arise, their support has been very responsive. Bill ________________________________ From: Brian Dugas [mailto:br...@summit-technical.com] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Anti-SPAM Appliances Hello Everyone - Does anyone out there use the Ironport appliance? If so, what are your thoughts. Thanks, Brian ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
