Alternatives to Sophos

Peter Valian valianp at SOUTHWESTERN.EDU
Sat Dec 1 02:08:47 GMT 2001


oh well...glad we have that site license :)

Hamish Marson wrote:

> Peter Valian wrote:
>
>
>>If Im not mistaken, you technically only need one license to run on your
>>mail server.  Only one user is *technically* scanning mail (root).
>>
>>
>
> You're mistaken. The license is actually for the number of users to be
> protected by the software...
>
>
>
>>we use mcafee on our campus...we have some sort of site license for
>>desktop scanning software and they just gave us the unix scanner as part
>>of that agreement.  I have no idea what we paid.
>>
>>-peter
>>
>>Stephen Lee wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I am currently running Mailscanner 2.60-2 and the demo version of Sophos
>>>on a Redhat7.1 - Sendmail 8.11.6. It works very well but the Sophos
>>>license for 10 users is $600 USD. When converted to Canadian dollars,
>>>that is very expensive for us. We only have 5-6 mail users so it's hard
>>>to justify the cost especially when you consider that each desktop copy
>>>of Norton AV is around $40. Are there alternatives to Sophos that work
>>>with Mailscanner which might be more friendly on the pocket for small
>>>businesses?
>>>
>>>Thanks for any suggestions.
>>>
>>>Stephen
>>>
>>>
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>>Peter Valian
>>Network & Systems Administrator
>>Southwestern University
>>Georgetown, Texas
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