I've been using https://efa-project.org/.
I have a cluster of 4 of them and they seem to work pretty good. They don't work as good as the Barracudas that I used to have, but they are free. Has a nice web interface for management, and you can give users access to manage spam for their specific domains and what not. Regards, DJ Anderson Operations Manager Shelby Broadband Office - 502-722-9292 x110 Cell - 502-647-8101 On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 3:19 AM, Paul Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > Hehe... murphy at work there ;) > > Thanks > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carlos Alcantar > Sent: July 22, 2016 2:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Antispam Appliances/Solutions > > Just a heads up barracuda has an aws hosted version. We ran one for some > time on aws worked nicely we were able to import out physical barracudas > backup. Note the reason we had to switch to aws hosted version was we had > never turned power off to the unit in 4yrs the first time we had to move > server into a different rack, power supply gave out. Go figure! > > > > Carlos Alcantar > Race Communications / Race Team Member > 1325 Howard Ave. #604, Burlingame, CA. 94010 > Phone: +1 415 376 3314 / [email protected] / http://www.race.com > > > ________________________________________ > From: Af <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Stewart < > [email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 11:28:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Antispam Appliances/Solutions > > Sure thing – let you know what we decide on doing …. We already have an > investment in their gear (Ironport) and it works extremely well, but the > real costs are annual support/licensing. > > I looked at Barracuda for ideas and it’s priced similar to Ironport and > not sure it’s as effective … > > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jon Auer > Sent: July 22, 2016 12:19 AM > To: Animal Farm <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Antispam Appliances/Solutions > > If you find something, I'd like to hear about it. > At one point we were doing 1.2M inbounds per day on a cluster of Barracuda > appliances but the $/box didn't work once you included hardware refresh. > Last time we looked around it seemed like everyone had a pet project > that's fine for small scale but as soon as you want multi-tenant + > clustering the cost went through the roof. > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 6:34 PM, Paul Stewart <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hey folks… > > You guys/gals always have great suggestions and this time I’m wondering > about email antivirus/antispam appliances (outsourcing not an option) of > mid sized scale… > > Today at $$$job we run Ironport appliances for antispam/antivirus > protection. One of the appliances is end of life and needs to be replaced > and the other two are coming up for maintenance renewal. These boxes, from > what I understand, are very expensive. I have a call into Cisco for > pricing but they usually take weeks to call back if they ever call back at > all … enough about them…. > > So wondering if we should continue down the road with Ironport or consider > something else. The number of email accounts continues to drop off over > time with folks moving to Gmail, Hotmail etc. These boxes work > *extremely* good … right now seeing about 3.5% of email is legit and rest > is spam/virus etc. Very rare for a spam message to make it through … > > Outbound email messages per day approximately 100,000 (varies but average > number) Inbound email messages per day approximately 2.6 million on average > > Anyone use anything on similar scale to provide insight into what they are > using and how it works? > > Thanks, > Paul > > > >
