I've been happy with both products really (Brightmail/Symantec and MxGuard/ClamAV), we use Brightmail for our own purposes, and we use the ClamAV for our clients, unless they pay for Brightmail licenses for our server.
Aaron Payne IT Systems Administrator & Postmaster E-site Marketing, LLC -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matrosity Tech Support Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 1:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Expiring AV - Mandatory upgrade to ICS agreed. Probably would have been a better move to include Clam into ICS than Symantec. Lee Cox wrote: >We are using FProt and ClamAV with MXguard. It is a very effective package. >With the spike in Virus activity last week and this week, we stopped >over 2500 viruses from getting to our users. ClamAV and FProt had the >definitions out a day before Symantec had the fix release. I wouldn't >think of paying for AV from IpSwitch with the available solutions that are more effective. > >Medical Management Professionals >Lee Cox >Network Administrator > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Payne >Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 12:43 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Expiring AV - Mandatory upgrade to ICS > >We use a combination of MxGuard and ClamAV on the actual server, and >Brightmail Anti-spam on the frontend, which runs Symantec AV which is >updated something like every hour. We got a decent pricing arrangement >because we renewed our client AV at the same time. > >Before we went with Brightmail, we stopped something like 300-400 >viruses a day with just the ClamAV package, we didn't have a single >virus slip through in 8 months. > >Aaron Payne >IT Systems Administrator & Postmaster >E-site Marketing, LLC > >________________________________ > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Norman >Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 12:05 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [IMail Forum] Expiring AV - Mandatory upgrade to ICS > > >Hello all... > > >I wanted to get your thoughts on a situation I am having with IP >Switch, along with a recommendation on AV products. > >We currently run IMail 8.05 at a school, and it runs perfectly for what >we need. Our AV is expiring, and IP Switch is telling us that they >will no longer supply an AV renewal, and to maintain our AV protection, >we will need to go to the ICS (mucho $$$$$). We feel this is >incredibly bogus, as we are satisfied with the product we have now, and >all we want to do is upgrade our AV patterns. > >I have spoken with IPSwitch, and they are telling me 'this is the way >it is'. I wanted to hear from others their experiences and thoughts. > >To get around this, we are thinking about integrating a third party AV >with our MX Guard SPAM filter. It integrates with FPROT, CLAM, and >NAI. I wanted to get some opinions and experiences with others who >have utilized this method, and what AV they felt was best. > >Thanks for your time, > >TN > > >To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >List Archive: >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > >To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >List Archive: >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
