Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:42:53 -0400 From: Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> To: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> Cc: Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anti Spam Message-ID: <462CA9CD.7040705@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070420163700.025578a8@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <002001c7836b$06534bd0$6501a8c0@GRANT> <6.0.0.22.2.20070420163700.025578a8@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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Derek Ragona wrote: > 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. I agree that this statement depends on the unit(s) and setup. We use two clustered 400's, and we realize 500,000 - 1,000,000 emails every day, and it keeps up just perfectly fine. Steve
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