From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 20 20:50:04 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED5CD16A402 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:50:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kend@amigo.net) Received: from mx.amigo.net (mx.amigo.net [209.94.64.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9F3413C457 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:50:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kend@amigo.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailtest1.amigo.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 992773BE90 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:26:59 -0600 (MDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amigo.net Received: from mx.amigo.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailtest1.amigo.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1CrAUecvPead for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:26:59 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.1.27] (billing.amigo.net [209.94.67.250]) by mailtest1.amigo.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 464053BE67 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:26:59 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:26:59 -0600 From: Kenny Dail To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <002001c7836b$06534bd0$6501a8c0@GRANT> References: <002001c7836b$06534bd0$6501a8c0@GRANT> Message-Id: <20070420142457.899E.KEND@amigo.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.28.01 [en] Subject: Re: Anti Spam X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:50:05 -0000 > I am posting this question here because I know there are alot of ISPs > using FreeBSD (including me) and am hoping to get feedback, either > directly to me or to the list. I work for an ISP with a mix of freeBSD and Linus servers. > We are wrestling (as I am sure many are), with spam. Up until now we > have been employing Spamassassin locally and using some 3rd party > Anti-Spam servervices that are getting less and less reliable as the > weeks go by. Isn't everyone? > We are considering two hardware solutions, Easyantispam and Barracuda. > Barracuda is very expensive, so the most likely candidate is > Easyantispam. Does anyone out there have thought on either or both of > these? Usability? Reliability? Total Cost of ownership? Integration > issues? We've used Barracuda for nearly two years. It mostly worked. The main issues I had with them is that their setup is really not flexible, and we found greylisting to be more effective than their firewall. The appliance is designed for a business type setup and does that very well, but worked very poorly for an ISP setup. We found that it was considerably cheaper and more effective to run our own anti-spam setup. If you are interested in more specifics, feel free to contact me. -- Kenny Dail