Might not be ideal for your situation, but Untangle could be worth looking into.
http://www.untangle.com/ Regards Tony Patton Desktop Operations Cavan Ext 8078 Direct Dial 049 435 2878 email: [email protected] From: James Rankin <[email protected]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> Date: 18/09/2009 13:25 Subject: Anti-spam solution I am currently tasked to get rid of our ineffective Symantec Mail Security which is, at the moment, our only anti-spam defense (besides Outlook's junk mail folder). We have about 500 users running on Exchange 2007 with several different domains. I have trawled the archives of the list getting some suggestions for various appliances/software/hosted solutions. I was wondering what the community considered to be the best configuration for an org of our size. Our problems with Symantec are that if it is turned down, we have too much spam getting through, and when turned up high, it is still letting enough spam through to be annoying whilst pulling out some rather important false positives. Cost is not usually too much of an issue for us (we have ESX, Citrix MPS4, XenApp, AppSense, SCOM and SCCM amongst our chunkier products), but if there is something cheaper (especially for non-profits), that could be factored in. I'd also be interested in anything that did antivirus as well, as I am not convinced by Symantec's products at all. Do most people favour the belt-and-braces solution for smaller orgs - a hosted solution or appliance at the edge and software running on Exchange? Or are there any products out there that do the job well enough on their own? From looking at the archives it seems that IronPort and the-product-formerly-known-as-Ninja are two of the most highly recommended. Does anyone have any particular recommendations for hosted solutions - MessageLabs seems to be quite highly-rated, and I'm tempted by the pricing of Google's offering. Finally, I was wondering if any of MS' products (like ForeFront) are worth a look? Sorry for rambling on, all advice, hints, tips, gratefully received and compiled. JRR -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." http://raythestray.blogspot.com ==================================================================== http://www.quinn-insurance.com This e-mail is intended only for the addressee named above. The contents should not be copied nor disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of QUINN-Insurance, unless otherwise specifically stated . As internet communications are not secure, QUINN-Insurance is not responsible for the contents of this message nor responsible for any change made to this message after it was sent by the original sender. Although virus scanning is used on all inbound and outbound e-mail, we advise you to carry out your own virus check before opening any attachment. We cannot accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of any software viruses. ==================================================================== QUINN-Life Direct Limited is regulated by the Financial Regulator. QUINN-Insurance Limited is regulated by the Financial Regulator and regulated by the Financial Services Authority for the conduct of UK business. ==================================================================== QUINN-Life Direct Limited is registered in Ireland, registration number 292374 and is a private company limited by shares. QUINN-Insurance Limited is registered in Ireland, registration number 240768 and is a private company limited by shares. Both companies have their head office at Dublin Road, Cavan, Co. Cavan. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
