Re: Corporate spam filter

[Wayne McAlpine <wayne.mcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you are using the iseries as your mail server, you might want to 
consider adding a black hole list to the smtp configuration.  It will 
definitely cut down on the spam that you receive.

Tom Jedrzejewicz wrote:
> On 4/19/06, Douglas Handy <dhandy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > In the past, I've seen messages here about people using various things as
> > a
> > corporate wide spam filter, but I'm not finding those threads in the
> > archives.
> >
> > One previous recommendation was using a third party managed email filter
> > company, but I can't find archives references to who was recommended.
> >
> > This client is currently running the OS/400 smtp server, with Byteware
> > Standguard for anti-virus.  I don't think they'd be too open to a Linux
> > box
> > as an email filter, because they don't have anyone on staff familiar with
> > it.
> >
> > What are other people recommending?
>
>
>
> We use a system called Mailwatch, which has been quite satisfactory.  They
> have two spam filtering mechanisms and two anti-virus mechanisms.  The cost
> is reasonable, likely less than the Standguard A/V subscription, and it is
> pretty much set and forget.  It can be configured to do other things that
> make managing email easier.
>
> Also, I have never used but am intrigued by something called Deep Six, which
> uses something called "connection scoring" rather than examining the
> messages individually  ..
> http://windowssecrets.com/comp/060126/#story1
>
> Finally, for those who prefer internal solutions, Barracuda makes an
> anti-spam appliance which is supposed to be excellent.
> http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/products/spam_overview.php
>
> Good luck ...
>
> --
> Tom Jedrzejewicz
> tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxx