From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 20 23:44:19 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 E71AF16A400 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:44:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E90B13C469 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:44:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id f31so890241pyh for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:44:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-priority:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=jAAwi2w1fyK0XtyePZ9BQ0ROVfFm90iVVFKjLzRJZq9W4ZNROWNJ1MNL1lThsrMdg2Y9G8AK0tMLL+qx2hpK3jkL/7jtfegY69qio6MtmJzq/buEcdzS/I/0nLHXN6XA2s3nu/KUW5n6suhEhml42Ggm8so9dNY0eWrTpQNrIEQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-priority:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=AaD19KdbUSaNlhBHhPOqn2EkV9Xn/A8qilssUe/I9rl+hsUz3e44YhesRfHyhuR364KI4U2J+siv/5/+ev5ZTklzAahLQwr8T9SiuE4oqUqDwfvNQLz0GeJMH78uWaDc0CxoK7ATeqgRwxsYaBEHeE6vwfppX9/MTcI8XT10UnI= Received: by 10.65.83.18 with SMTP id k18mr7084485qbl.1177112658595; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:44:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.4? ( [209.240.66.157]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 8sm1535179nzn.2007.04.20.16.44.16; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:44:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <002001c7836b$06534bd0$6501a8c0@GRANT> References: <002001c7836b$06534bd0$6501a8c0@GRANT> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) X-Priority: 3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Eric Crist Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:44:13 -0500 To: Grant Peel X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 23:44:20 -0000 On Apr 20, 2007, at 11:43 AMApr 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, > Also look at Mailfoundry