Re: Email Spam (inbound and outbound) and Malware Protection

["Stanclift, Michael" <michael.stanclift () ROCKHURST EDU>]

Right now we're doing both outsourced spam protection through one of our ISP providers (Morenet) but we find the 
service to be VERY slow at delivering messages (like, hours) and are looking at another solution. We also use a 
Barracuda appliance that we've been fairly happy with, but it's far beyond it's expected life in terms of the appliance.

My boss wants to evaluate the IronPort appliance, and I'm also interested in Postini, but I'm concerned about the lag 
in mail delivery with that service, since our previous experience with anything like it has not been good.

Michael Stanclift | Network Analyst | Computer Services
Rockhurst University | 1100 Rockhurst Road, Kansas City, MO 64110
Phone: 816.501.4231 | Fax: 816.501.4014 | http://help.rockhurst.edu<http://help.rockhurst.edu/>

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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Feehan, 
Patrick
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 9:52 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Email Spam (inbound and outbound) and Malware Protection

We are polling members to determine how they perform e-mail spam and malware protection:


·         How many outsource spam protection (e.g., to Postini)?

·         How many perform spam protection in-house (e.g., using Ironport or Forefront)?

·         In either case, what service or application do you use?

·         In general, are you satisfied with your solution?

Any feedback is appreciated.


Patrick J. Feehan JD, CIPP
Director of IT Privacy & Cybersecurity Compliance
Montgomery College
(240) 567-3087
patrick.feehan () montgomerycollege edu<mailto:Patrick.Feehan () montgomerycollege edu>