Len Conrad wrote:

> 
>> If we are going to compare the prices with other products, we should
>> also include the 30% average reduction in bandwith usage to your mail
>> server.
> 
> 
> With IMGate at the edge, only the sending ip (RBL lookups and local 
> filtering) and headers (filtering + DNS validations) are enough to reject.
> 
> VERY HARD even to count how much just the HEADERS of rejected messages 
> consume, but it's miniscule, at worst.
> 
> Typical reject rates for IMGate run between 15% and 40%.
> 
> True, local AV solutions have to receive the entire message (bandwidth) 
> in order to scan/reject it, but infections run well below 1% of total 
> messages.
> 
> I can't see where Postini is going to save 30% of bandwidth, except in 
> Postini sales literature.
> 
> Len
> 

Len, You are absolutely right.. and 30% bandwidth savings has to an 
unfounded 'guess'.

~Rick




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