RE: For those who are considering a Barracuda Network Device server

2006-06-12 Thread Greg Allen
> > I hope this helps somebody else from making the same mistake. > > Brian > I looked all over the Internet about 5 years ago for the best anti-spam software. I wanted it to be Windows-based easy to use, etc. Well, I found the best anti-spam software and it turned out to be SpamAssassin. It wa

Re: For those who are considering a Barracuda Network Device server

2006-06-12 Thread Craig White
On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 19:34 -0700, jdow wrote: > If I was feeling stinky I'd note that I do not like web administration > tools as much as I like editing the files myself by hand doing things > I understand from an overdose of RTFM. And I'm not a Linux guy last > time I checked myself in front of a

RE: For those who are considering a Barracuda Network Device server

2006-06-12 Thread Gary W. Smith
But isn't that that beauty of SA. You don't have to be a Linux guy to install it. > -Original Message- > From: jdow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 7:35 PM > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: Re: For those who are consid

Re: For those who are considering a Barracuda Network Device server

2006-06-12 Thread jdow
If I was feeling stinky I'd note that I do not like web administration tools as much as I like editing the files myself by hand doing things I understand from an overdose of RTFM. And I'm not a Linux guy last time I checked myself in front of a mirror. {^,-} But I'm not. (Besides "ix guy" is pe

RE: For those who are considering a Barracuda Network Device server

2006-06-12 Thread Brent Kennedy
12, 2006 8:44 PM To: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Re: For those who are considering a Barracuda Network Device server On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 11:41 -0600, wrote: > | I pretty much at this time strictly use the Barracuda as a buffer to > | 'tone' down traffic that would m

Re: For those who are considering a Barracuda Network Device server

2006-06-12 Thread L. Mark Stone
On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 11:41 -0600, wrote: > | I pretty much at this time strictly use the Barracuda as a buffer to 'tone' > down > | traffic that would make our server drop to its knees. We are in process > | of getting a firewall in place and when that happens, the Barracuda will > | prob

Re: For those who are considering a Barracuda Network Device server

2006-06-12 Thread qqqq
RE: For those who are considering a Barracuda Network Device server|Funny story, I've had phone conversations with them about being possibly employed. I got weird mixed signals. Things didn't seem right. I heard a |few stories. They asked me to come up with a solution of some sort

Re: For those who are considering a Barracuda Network Device server

2006-06-12 Thread Michele Neylon :: Blacknight.ie
Jeff Chan wrote: > > Doesn't Barracuda use SpamAssassin in their boxes? If so it's > not too surprising that it wouldn't perform much differently from > SpamAssassin :-) It's probably using an old version *shrug* > > Barracuda may not use SARE, so SARE may indeed be better. Quite pos

RE: For those who are considering a Barracuda Network Device server

2006-06-12 Thread Ben Story
Helpdesk x2312 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Jeff Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 12:46 PM To: Cc: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Re: For those who are considering a Barracuda Network Device server On Monday, June 12, 2006, 10:23:20 AM

Re: For those who are considering a Barracuda Network Device server

2006-06-12 Thread Jeff Chan
On Monday, June 12, 2006, 10:23:20 AM, wrote: > I bought a Barracuda Model 400 last October. My current setup is as follows: Barracuda GW --->> Internal servers ---> Spamassassin server ---> Quarantine or local delivery. > Although there was a small percentage of spam being caught by a

Re: For those who are considering a Barracuda Network Device server

2006-06-12 Thread qqqq
| I pretty much at this time strictly use the Barracuda as a buffer to 'tone' down | traffic that would make our server drop to its knees. We are in process | of getting a firewall in place and when that happens, the Barracuda will | probably go bye..bye when I start building access lists. Tha

Re: For those who are considering a Barracuda Network Device server

2006-06-12 Thread Duane Hill
We have a 400 as well. I don't think one can even compare SA out-of-the-box and the Barracuda. I'm catching more Spam with the use of SA with no rules loaded than what our Barracuda is tagging. I've taken messages that came off the Barracuda and thew it through SA. SA scored almost 2.5 points h