Unless you know something I don't, all the quotes we have received from Postini require a 3 year commitment, with a minimum of 1 years payment up front.
For my client that has 60,000 + emails coming into his Barracuda, his Exchange 2003 server is happily running along. John Thomas Frank Muto wrote: > 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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