I'll second the vote for Ironport. One box can handle the load for most organizations. Only buy a second for redundancy.
You'll likely end up SAVING money when you consider the maintenance/config/bugs for the other options... --James On 7/9/08, Aristotle Zoulas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stay away from GFI and any product exclusively based on RBL/SBL Spamhaus > crap. > > We just got Ironport. Its $$ but it's the only one we found that works. > They kill 99% of the spam before it reaches you based on 'sender > reputation'. The remaining 1% gets processed by the box. Handles 5 > Million emails per day with under 10% cpu utilization . User manages > their own white/black list. As far as I am concerned, this is the only > unit to get. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry > Wahlers > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 8:03 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Anti-SPAM in-house solutions > > Folks, > > We are contemplating moving back to an in-house anti-SPAM solution after > being with an outsourced solution for a couple of years. What is your > opinion of the built-in Exchange 2003 SP2 IMF? Or, the Symantec Mail > Security for Microsoft Exchange extra-cost solution? > > My own vote is for an appliance like Barracuda or IronPort, but the bean > counters want to know about all the possible solutions. > > -- > Larry Wahlers > Concordia Technologies > The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod > MailTo:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Business Phone: (314) 996-1876 > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > .com > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
