:) FWIW, Postini was initially marketed as an ISP solution.. I know several in town how use it. Not one I've tested, so I can't offer an opinion. A friend of mine works for MailFrontier.. I was planning to take a look at their stuff, maybe you could do it for me and let me know what you think? <g>
On 3/21/03 9:44, "John Steniger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Agreed - I shouldn't have made the assertation absolute. > > John > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 10:46 AM >> To: Exchange Discussions >> Subject: Re: postini spam control >> >> >> I disagree with the assertion that it is _always_ bad news to >> outsource. >> There are a number of outsourced spam filtering solutions where the >> administrator can log in and access mail which had been >> quarantined. That >> mail can then be released to the intended recipient. By >> outsourcing the >> filtering, you are able to save on bandwidth (less mail >> incoming... Which >> makes a difference if you're blocking 50k+ messages a day) and the >> maintenance of the hardware and software is outsourced to a >> group which does >> nothing but think about that all day. Similar things can be true of >> outsourcing e-mail services in general. >> >> Certainly outsourcing such services is not appropriate for every >> organization, but by the same token there more than a few >> shops which insist >> on doing everything in house, when all signs point to >> outsourcing being a >> better solution for them. >> >> On 3/21/03 9:33, "John Steniger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Gonna really suck if your CEO misses an important email and >> needs it STAT, >>> and you need to go to a third party to get it >> back.....always bad news to >>> take something as essential as email and put it in someone >> else's control. >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm >> Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp >> To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
