I realize that cynicism is en vogue, but I would argue that Google's track record isn't atrocious.
When I say I trust them, I mean that they're a large, well-capitalized company with a pretty good reputation for innovation and technical stability. When we were looking for a company to route all of our e-mail through, we wanted to go with a company like that rather than a smaller organization. John -----Original Message----- From: Matt Moore [mailto:mattmoore...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 7:32 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Postini Quarantine Trust Google?.......... Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha,............ a data marketing company...... Trust? Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, That's a good one. -----Original Message----- From: Don Ely [mailto:don....@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:55 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Postini Quarantine I subscribe to lists like these with my gmail and that is it. No, I do not trust them... On 10/21/09, John Hornbuckle <john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> wrote: > You must, too-at least to some degree, since you're writing from a Gmail > address. > > :) > > > > From: Don Ely [mailto:don....@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:57 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Postini Quarantine > > "And, frankly, we trusted the Google name." > > Uhhhh, what? Really? Wow... > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:52 AM, John Hornbuckle > <john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us<mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> > wrote: > We had looked at them, but they were considerably more expensive than > Postini. And, frankly, we trusted the Google name. > > The archiving feature works great, and the service has never had a hiccup > (in terms of mail flow) since we started using it. No complaints there. > > Just too much mail going into quarantine that should be blocked outright. > > I've got the filter sensitivity set to 3, which is the middle of the road > between the lenient and aggressive ends. I would've thought that was okay. > I've just bumped it up to 4 for my own account to see if that makes a > difference. I don't want to get too aggressive, though... > > > > John Hornbuckle > MIS Department > Taylor County School District > 318 North Clark Street > Perry, FL 32347 > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us<http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us/> > > > > From: Don Guyer > [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com>] > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:43 PM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Postini Quarantine > > MX Logic. Now, they do have their good and bad moments, but nothing like we > experienced with Postini. > > Don Guyer > Systems Engineer - Information Services > Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group > 431 W. Lancaster Avenue > Devon, PA 19333 > Direct: (610) 993-3299 > Fax: (610) 650-5306 > don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com> > > From: Jonathan Link > [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com<mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com>] > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:42 PM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Postini Quarantine > > And what are you using now? > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Don Guyer > <don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com>> wrote: > We dumped Postini because of reasons such as this. > > Don Guyer > Systems Engineer - Information Services > Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group > 431 W. Lancaster Avenue > Devon, PA 19333 > Direct: (610) 993-3299 > Fax: (610) 650-5306 > don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com> > > From: John Hornbuckle > [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us<mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.f l.us>] > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:33 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: OT: Postini Quarantine > > > I'm having rotten luck with Postini's junk mail filtering, and wondering if > I was the only one. Here's a typical example: > > > > [cid:image001.png@01CA5260.FF836660] > > > > Note that only 2 messages were blocked outright as spam, while a couple of > thousand were quarantined. When I look at the quarantined messages, they're > very blatant spam--various colon cleansers and enlargers and what not. > > > > I've been working with Postini support, but am going around in circles with > them. They say everything is configured correctly, and they say something > about them making some changes on their end, and something else about me > submitting spam headers to them, blah bah. Nobody there seems to think this > is quite as problematic as I do. And granted, the junk isn't making it into > my users' inboxes-but it's making it into their quarantine, and it takes > time to look over that (my personal daily quarantine summary generally has > 150 or so messages in it). > > > > So I'm wondering of those of you who use Postini... Do you see similar > results? Or do you have better luck having spam blocked outright? > > > > > > > > > > John Hornbuckle > > MIS Department > > Taylor County School District > > 318 North Clark Street > > Perry, FL 32347 > > > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us<http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us/> > > > > > > > > NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. 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