Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative?

[Curtis Maurand <cmaurand () xyonet com>]

A barracuda appliance uses postfix, amavisd-new, spamassassin with 
fuzzyOCR and clamav.  I've built a couple of these boxes for customers.  
I use their dnsbl as well as spamhaus.  It works pretty well, not much 
gets through.

--Curtis

On 4/10/2011 8:24 PM, William Warren wrote:
> On 4/9/2011 12:46 PM, Marc Runkel wrote:
> > Ok, shameless plug here, but I invite you to check out our product @  
> > www.untangle.com<http://www.untangle.com>.  Base product (including 
> > anti-spam) is free.   If you want support/web filtering/ or better 
> > spam rules they are available as premium add-ons.
> >
> > Marc Runkel
> > Untangle, Inc.
> > Director, Technical Operations
> >
> > (650) 425-3333 direct
> > (650) 345-3788 fax
> >
> > On Apr 8, 2011, at 8:51 PM, John Palmer (NANOG Acct) wrote:
> >
> > OK, its been a year since my Barracuda subscription expired. The unit 
> > still stops some spam. I figured that I would go and see what
> > they would do if I tried to renew my subscription EXACTLY one year 
> > after it expired. Would their renewal website say "Oh, you are at
> > your anniversary date", and renew me for a year?
> >
> > No such luck: They want me to PAY FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR for which I did 
> > NOT receive service and then for the current (upcoming year).
> > Sorry - I don't allow myself to be ripped off like that. Sorry 
> > Barracuda - you get no money from me and I'll tell everyone I know
> > about this policy of yours.
> >
> > I posted an article about this unscrupulous practice on my blog last 
> > year at http://www.john-palmer.net/wordpress/?p=46
> >
> > My question is - does anyone have any suggestions for another e-mail 
> > appliance like the Barracuda Spam Firewall that doesn't try to
> > charge their customers for time not used. I should be able to shut 
> > off the unit for a year or whatever and simply renew from the
> > point that I re-activate the unit instead of having to pay for 
> > back-years that I didn't use.
> >
> > Thanks
> Untangle's free version...isn't worth the bandwidth.  The paid version 
> is ok..but it's a resource hog.