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Subject: Re: Barracuda spam-filter.
From: Brian Wallingford <brian () meganet ! net>
Date: 2004-05-23 7:30:20
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.58.0405230157480.26725 () evccyr
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On Sat, 22 May 2004, W.D.McKinney wrote:
:We currently run and have run a Barracuda in front of our system for 6
:Months.
:
:We can say that it does wonders compared to our past SA/Clamav system.
:But Bayesian filtering takes time and I would say that over 3 weeks
:yours will improve greatly.
We've had ours for just over two weeks, and I couldn't be happier. As
with any aggressive anti-spam solution, fine-tuning to mitigate false
positives requires attention, but I'm thouroughly happy with the
tradeoff. Savings of personnel time alone will pay for the box in no more
than a few months. Retention of customers who've grown tired of UCE and
virii adds even more value.
Feature-wise, I'd suggest that any *SP considering it get the 400 or
better.
I've been preparing a "wish list". Wish list items include:
- Option to set up read-only accounts, to allow front line techs to
review message logs when investigating customer complaints
- Admin-customizable scoring for criteria used in Barracuda's spam
algorithms (i.e., at the admin's discretion, drop the lack of a Real Name
ahead of the sender's email address to 0, and so on)
- Fine-tuning of their regex schema (they're probably already aware of
the problems here)
- TFTP upload of:
- equivalent of sendmail.cw
- black/white-listed networks/domains/email addresses
- TFTP download of backups (vs web-client-based downloads)
I love the box. Bang for the buck is amazing.
No, I don't work for them, not married to any of the principals'
daughters, didn't help to finance them, just a very satisfied customer.
Cheers,
Brian
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