Re: Anti-Virus & Anti-Spam Suggestions?

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Some of the research I have read suggests using more than 1 provider since no
one is perfect and they can overlap. Sounds interesting but more complicated
to manage (and more expensive). I have also looked at SpamBayes as an
Outlook Add-on. It's free, logical in its usage/setup and works quite well
at "learning" spam mail and moving to the right folder. The only problem is
it's client based so it's more of a network admin headache. I even have one
client who is using Panda which I have never seen or heard of until I met
them. Their old IT guy said it was better than Symantec because like viruses
going after the ubiquitous Windows clients virus builders like to go after
ways to get around Symantec. Possibly logical reasoning.

I have liked Symantec for a central admin standpoint but their support is
less than desirable and their product line gets very confusing to understand.
I need to find a good solution that I can present to all of my clients. I
am very curous about the GFI line. I have used them in the past but need to
look at again.

Thanks for everyone's input. It's great learning from people who "live in
the trenches".

-Richard K


"Leythos" wrote:

In article <OnD5Ri3PHHA.4244@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, not@xxxxxxxxxxx
says...
SMSE 'standard' SPAM filtering, same as Trend 'standard' SPAM filtering, ie.
no additional component purchased.

That being the point. The client suggests that the SPAM filtering component
included as part of one product is far superior to the equivalent from the
other product. They were looking at additional expense to implement a
separate SPAM filtering system or component but by changing products have
avoided the additional expense.

I prefer to throw solutions than money at problems.

I'm not sure what you're saying in your reply.

I don't like SMSE, it's just not something that gets the job done and
doesn't permit the fine control that other solutions do, but, it does
have an upgraded service option, but it's expensive.

With GFI Mail Security and Essentials I get multiple email AV scanners,
ability to block by attachment type, it actually inspects that
attachments to see that the are the type they claim they are, and I have
separate rules based on email account - so I can allow EXE and DLL files
inbound to the support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx while blocking them to all other
accounts. With Essentials I get antispam and white/black listing, RBL's,
etc... So far, in about 3000 emails per day, with about 300 of them
considered good, we're seeing just 1 spam undetected per day, just here
at my company. Our clients, with a lot more email volume and not
protecting their email address as well, they see a couple undetected
spam per day, but it's a lot better than the Barracuda one clinet
picked.

I just somehow don't understand your reply, but it's early today :)

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