Thoughts on Barracudas?

[Randal, Phil]

Cripes, silly people!

MailScanner / SA 3.1.4 / Razor / Pyzor /DCC + well trained Bayes + SARE
Rules + ImageInfo.pm (http://www.rulesemporium.com/plugins.htm) + a few
custom rules gets over 99% of the incoming spam here.

The FuzzOCR plugin got a few more until spammers started sending
interlaced .gif files, too.

Count me in as one very satisfied customer.

Cheers,

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK  

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> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf 
> Of Julian Field
> Sent: 21 August 2006 13:51
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Thoughts on Barracudas?
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> Folks,
> 
> I have had some comments from a few people leaving the 
> mailing list as 
> they are ditching their MailScanner setups and switching to Barracuda 
> applicances instead. They claim that things worked fine when 
> they first 
> installed MailScanner, but gradually more and more spam is leaking 
> through, to the point where they have decided to abandon it.
> 
> 
> Here is what he said:
> 
> "I've tried Mailscanner on FreeBSD for almost one year. It 
> worked great
> for about two months, then after every upgrade it began to 
> let more and
> more spam through. I've tried everything to fix it and just 
> got tired of
> my users complaining of increased spam.
> "It wasn't worth the headache. Your forums indicate that there are
> numerous people experienced the same problems I have encountered.
> "I have since purchased a Barracuda SPAM 200 firewall. This device has
> worked much better."
> 
> 
> 
> What is your opinion on the Barracuda appliance?
> How easy is it to use?
> Does it actually work?
> Can it survive the loads they say it can?
> 
> And, of course, how does it compare with MailScanner?
> 
> Please be open and honest, and as impartial as you can.
> 
> All of your thoughts are most welcome.
> 
> - -- 
> Julian Field
> www.MailScanner.info
> Buy the MailScanner book at www.MailScanner.info/store
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