I just installed an Iraqi cleric on my mail server who issues fatwas and sends suicide bombers against spammers. So far, very effective. :-)
Matthew Small Web Developer American City Business Journals 704-973-1045 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:35 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Alternates for client side spam filtering for the non-hardware savvy We just recently installed a barracuda after months of our exchange server spiking cpu usage. So far, it's filtering out about 95% of our email as spam. 1 month now and no false positives. Can't recommend it enough. On 6/20/05, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To a certain degree, it depends on how much you want to spend. We > bought a midrange Barracuda (a 300, I think) and we like it. This is > actually the second one we've been on, since our previous colocation had > one we paid to use. > > There's hardly anything required to set it up -- plug it into the rack, > tell it what domains to check, and repoint your MX records. You log > into a web admin and move sliders around to change how picky it is. It > is powerful enough to handle all our domains without a problem. It > emails you reports of spam it's quarantined. Really, it's a joy to use. > However, they run from $1400 up. > > If you're interested, you can read more about them at > http://www.barracudanetworks.com > If you think it's for you, let me know. After all, my company is a > reseller. *wink, wink, nudge, nudge* > > If this is just for your domain, a handful of emails, this is WAY > overkill. But if this is for a bunch of domains (esp. if you can charge > your clients for it), it's pretty nice. > > --Ben > > Ian Skinner wrote: > > So, other then recruiting some of the more violent members of this list to form a vigilantly party and hunt down spammers to hang them from 25 foot flagpoles by their private parts, what might I do that does not require me to go get some kind of systems certification? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:161340 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
