Since when does Postini require a 3-year commitment? IMO there is more to the Frontbridge saga and even Barracuda can not fix the hiccups of MS Exchange.
Frank Muto Postini - Google Apps Distributor www.SecureEmailPlus.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 12:10 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] alternative to Barracuda > Travis, because there is an element of control that you lose when you > outsource. I have a client that got really upset when an email that was > addressed to 3 companies only made it to one employee. Long story short, > Frontbridge saw that the email came into their servers, but only one > copy went out to 1 of the companies employees. This took *several* hours > and 3 different Frontbridge employees to find out. If this client had > been using a Barracuda, then there wouldn't have been a problem. Before > you start to flame me, I know that you aren't supposed to use email in > this manner, i.e. mission critical, time sensitive Purchase orders from > Asia to the US, but this client did, and they were furious. Another > reason I have a problem is that both Frontbridge and Postini *require* a > 3 year commitment, and you may not have to pay up front, but once you > sign on, they have you for 3 years. I have a BIG problem with any > business that operates like that. In this instance, the cleint is now > stuck with Frontbridge for 2 1/2 years, and their attitude when asked > about a refund was "tough, you agreed to a 3 year term, and we have your > money." > > John Thomas > > > Travis Johnson wrote: >> And on another thought... with that much junk mail, why not use a >> service that blocks the spam BEFORE it uses your bandwidth and >> resources? Like Postini... or others. >> >> Travis >> Microserv >> >> Frank Muto wrote: >>> Just a thought, unless you have a 600 or better unit, you are running >>> 1x10/100 Ethernet on 100-400 units vs. 2xGigabit on >>> to >>> 600-1000 units, IMO creating a bottleneck even with low to moderate user >>> accounts. This is where most of our cross-over >>> sales >>> are from, in the lower model units. With the amount of junk email flying >>> around out there, even active user accounts >>> under >>> 250 are pulling in substantial amounts of junk and direct harvest attacks. >>> >>> >>> Frank Muto >>> www.secureemailplus.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Mac Dearman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> >>> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 5:13 PM >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] alternative to Barracuda >>> >>> >>> >>>> Kurt, >>>> >>>> What firmware are you running? >>>> How many emails are you filtering? >>>> Have you done a "hard reboot" on it lately? >>>> How many Spam emails are you killing per hour? Per day? (There is a Daily >>>> Traffic graph/email that tell you this) >>>> >>>> I know mine too (Cuda) is sluggish, but it's the amount of incoming spam >>>> that is bogging us down. We are getting hammered (and have been for months) >>>> by spam in excess of 500,000 per 24 hours. >>>> >>>> I will agree - Cuda is a PITA and we will begin testing with Jeremy Davis >>>> this week. He hosts the backend (web hosting, email, radius, >>>> Freeside...etc) >>>> for a bunch of other WISPs including SPAM filtering - My fingers are >>>> crossed >>>> and if you will holler at me off list later this week I will give you a >>>> report on how things are going. >>>> >>>> Mac >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>>>> Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser >>>>> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 11:00 AM >>>>> To: 'WISPA General List' >>>>> Subject: [WISPA] alternative to Barracuda >>>>> >>>>> Has anyone used this spam firewall? http://www.untangle.com >>>>> <http://www.untangle.com/> it is free to install on any server. I have >>>>> a >>>>> Barracuda SF200 and this thing is making me angry. It is so slow I >>>>> don't >>>>> even bother trying to log into it. It times out constantly and is so >>>>> un-responsive. When it does work it takes a min of 30 seconds to change >>>>> pages and that's when it is working properly. Its not overloaded I only >>>>> got >>>>> <200 email addresses and its rated for 500. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I'm looking for anything this Barracuda junk is not worth the $500 year >>>>> subscription when you can't even log into it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Kurt Fankhauser >>>>> WAVELINC >>>>> P.O. Box 126 >>>>> Bucyrus, OH 44820 >>>>> 419-562-6405 >>>>> www.wavelinc.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> --------- >>>>> WISPA Wants You! 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