The Google Message Filter solution (inbound only) I signed up for last fall was only $3 per user per year. I'm not sure if they still offer that service, though.
Roger Wright ___ On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Phillip Partipilo <[email protected]> wrote: > That may be an awful lot of users for hiring an external service that > charges per head, but for a SMB, I can very very heavily vouch for > onlymyemail.com, we have had them hosting our anti-spam services for about > 2 or 3 years now, we have about 30 mailboxes, its about 2 bucks per month > per box, not terribly expensive, and our spam levels are now _zero_. > > > > Phillip Partipilo > Parametric Solutions Inc. > Jupiter, Florida > (561) 747-6107 > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, September 18, 2009 8:25 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *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 > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > If this email is spam, report it here: > http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpam<http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam&Id=ODEzNjQ6OTY1NTY2OTE2OnBqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D> > THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND > PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY > THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR > DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE > IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL > ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
