From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 29 15:37:54 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB37916A4D2 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 15:37:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from psknet.com (kennedy.psknet.com [63.171.251.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAA8143D31 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 15:37:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from troy@psknet.com) Received: from dilbert.psknet.com ([63.171.251.35] helo=dilbert) by psknet.com with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1AmLjJ-000JYf-TY for freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 18:37:49 -0500 From: "Troy Settle" To: "'FreeBSD ISP List'" Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 18:37:49 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5329 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Thread-Index: AcPmsAnTSngayBGvSE2C5WJckIgDRwAEH7dg In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Subject: RE: Recommendation for "antivirus" software (MTA is qmail) X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 23:37:55 -0000 Andy, I take exception to your statements. I fit neither under A nor B. I figured it like this... I could spend $35k/year + to hire a postmaster to keep up the spam/virus battle on our mail server, or I could pay Postini less than $10k/year to do the same. I have not the time myself to do this, and $25k/year or more is more than enough reason to go with a commercial solution for spam/virus filtering. In addition, Postini catches MUCH more spam than any open source solution I had previously looked at. It's not perfect by any means, but more effective than anything I've seen in the open source arena. -- Troy Settle Pulaski Networks http://www.psknet.com 540.994.4254 ~ 866.477.5638 Pulaski Chamber 2002 Small Business Of The Year > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Andy Dills > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 4:16 PM > To: ap296 > Cc: isp@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Recommendation for "antivirus" software (MTA is qmail) > > On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, ap296 wrote: > > > > > Consider outsourcing to a professional organization that > can keep up with > > updates and trends which constantly change -- that > specialize in this sort > > of thing. > > > > I recommend www.postini.com > > For what it's worth, postini is designed for two sorts of companies: > > Company A: Tons of money, nothing to do with it. > Company B: No knowlegde of how to run unix servers. > > Honestly, anybody who considers themselves competent whatsoever at a > command line who also pays postini their ridiculous monthly fees, is > wasting a considerable amount of money. > > Amavisd-new has made implementing top-notch virus and spam filtering > trivial. Heck, it even has the ability to lookup > per-recipient filtering > policies and whitelists/blacklists in a mysql database, an absolutely > essential component for ISPs. > > Andy > > --- > Andy Dills > Xecunet, Inc. > www.xecu.net > 301-682-9972 > --- > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >