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At 11:43 AM 4/20/2007, Grant Peel wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>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?
>
>Any thoughts will be appreciated,

If your volume of mail is >50000 per day don't use the baracuda.  It won't 
keep up.

         -Derek

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