Thoughts on Barracudas?

[sandrews at andrewscompanies.com]

Which is odd because barracuda is based on SA; but you're right they
seemed to have dropped the 2006 ball... 

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

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