Thoughts on Barracudas?

Tue Aug 22 03:55:47 IST 2006

Julian - I am a security consultant. I have been protecting my own mail
system with MailScanner for about three years now. Out of thousands, I may
have two or three spam emails getting through my MailScanner protected
gateway per day. I'd say that is pretty damm good. One of my largest clients
has been using a Barracuda for about three years. For the first couple of
years they had fairly good success with it. However, 2006 has been a
different story. They are getting buried in spam and the Barracuda seems
hapless. One BIG vote here for MailScanner. Don't know what I would do
without it and I don't know how others survive without it.

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[mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Julian
Field
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 5:51 AM
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.

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www.MailScanner.info
Buy the MailScanner book at www.MailScanner.info/store

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