Re: Spam/Virus Issues

For Unicom the Barracuda was a wonderful solution that compared to
similar offerings (Postini for example) was much cheaper. I can tell
you the Barracuda met all the requirements Unicom wanted with flying
colors which were.

1) Per user controls, user must have control of if there mail is scanned
for spam or not.
    a) Whitelist addresses/domains
    b) Blacklist addresses/domains
    c) Filter Header, Subject, Body of messages

2) Per user quarantines, each user must be able to allow/delete
quarantined messages

3) Scan/block virus's

4) Be able to do all the above on multiple domains, relaying the mail to
multiple mail servers.

5) Simple for the users.

6) Easy to Administer.

-Jason

Arthur Corliss wrote:

>On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Jason Jeremias wrote:
>
>
>
>>I can also vouch for the Barracuda. Yes I could have created the same
>>box (its just a linux box running SpamAssassin, Postfix, and ClamAV) but
>>for the cost it was easier and cheaper to purchase a Barracuda. I
>>implemented a Spam Firewall 400 on the Unicom internet service. So far
>>users response has been very positive. You can see the stats here:
>>http://www.unicom-alaska.com/spamstats.html
>>
>>-Jason
>>
>>
>
><G> At $4,000 I'm not sure I agree. Even at $200/hr that would give me twenty
>hours to figure out how to configure Sendmail with SpamAssassin and ClamAV as
>milters, plus several other protections on existing hardware. Even without
>seeing the interface I'd have to bet I have more low-level control and
>flexibility than the Barracuda provides.
>
>I'm sure there's a market for it, but in my case that's too steep a price. Of
>course, I'm probably the cheapest person on the list. I don't have the time
>to work on my truck like I should but I'll be damned if I take it to a
>mechanic, either. ;-)
>
> --Arthur Corliss
> Bolverk's Lair -- http://arthur.corlissfamily.org/
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> "Live Free or Die, the Only Way to Live" -- NH State Motto
>
>
>

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