SurfControl email Filter

[Jan-Peter Koopmann]

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Hi,

> capabilities / reliability versus MailScanner.  It's been 
> suggested that we should use it instead of MailScanner, 
> particularly because of its 'advanced filtering 
> capabilities'.  

Well. I opened the database and the first thing that crossed my mind
was "How come I never heard of these guys before if they claim to be
the World's #1 Web and E-mail Filtering Company"?

What are they using against spam? Well: 

- - "digital fingerprints of known spam content" --> probably not as
advanced as pyzor/razor
- - "plus a customizable Dictionary" --> big deal. You can have this
with additonal SA rules in no time
- - "great flexibility about ... Spam once identified: isolate, delete,
forward, deliver" --> need I say more? Did they copy MailScanner? :-)
All of this can be done with MailScanner as well
- - Virtual Learning Agent --> Bayes
- - HTML Stripper --> MailScanner

> Unfortunately (read predictably)their web 
> site is rather heavy on marketing and rather short on 
> technical detail, as well as taking a pop at free alternatives.

Surprising isn't it?


Why waste money there. I have to agree with Julian. I have not seen
anything as effective as SA. It sucks up resources but it is very
efficient.

Regards,
  JP

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