Re: SPAM/spyware appliances or services

[Jeff Kell <jeff-kell () UTC EDU>]

Gary Dobbins wrote:
> Am curious to know who's using an appliance or an external service (as
> distinct from software running on the MTA) to aggressively filter spam for
> their campus.  Additionally, do any of you employ products which filter
> spam from email traffic as well as filter spyware from HTTP; who's using
> what?

We're using a Barracuda 400 for spam/virus filtering, and are quite
happy with it.  We are testing various DNS blackhole lists in our
internal DNS servers for spyware control, but we haven't reached a
verdict on this one yet (several 'false' or at least 'arguably false'
positives necessitating a growing whitelist).

Jeff

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