BarricadeMX experiences

[Glenn Steen]

On 24/07/07, Richard Lynch <rich at mail.wvnet.edu> wrote:
> DAve wrote:
> > Richard Lynch wrote:
> >>
> >> Note: I am not affiliated with Fort Systems Ltd in any way -- only as
> >> a satisfied customer.
> >
> >> I can't say enough about this product.  I'm posting my experiences
> >> here because this list is where I first saw the product announcement
> >> and I believe any site running MailScanner can benefit from this
> >> package.  It's reasonably priced, great support, and can actually
> >> save you money with the reduction in hardware alone.  It's also easy
> >> to install and easy to take in and out.  They'll also let you demo it.
> >> I know this comes off sounding like a sales pitch but it's hard to
> >> describe the experience without sounding like one.  It really is an
> >> amazing product.
> >>
> >>
> >> Richard Lynch
> >> WVNET
> >
> > How is it doing with the new attachment spams like PDF and XLS?
> >
> > DAve
> >
> >
>
> It's not gone but it is way down just like everything is way down.  The
> cool thing is that this works at the MTA level.  BarricadeMX acts as a
> proxy front ending sendmail-in/MS/SA/sendmail-out.  The amazing thing
> (well, one of them) is that it detects spam not so much by the content
> of the message but by the behavior of the sender.   Spammers don't act
> like regular mail severs.   They don't follow protocol standards.  I'm
> not going to say anything else about that because, frankly, I have some
> fears that I'll teach the spammers how to adjust.   For us, 92%+ of our
> mail gets stopped before MS even sees it -- and no one complains.  It's
> too good to be true.
>
>
> See...
>
> http://www.wvnet.edu/getmstat.php
>
> The graph only shows what made it into the servers.  We're working on a
> way to include the BarricateMX stats.  Last Friday (before the
> switchover) the stats were...
>
> Ham: 142,860    Spam: 1,202,240    Infected: 137   Total:  1,345,100
>
> Yesterday it was....
>
> Ham: 160,886  Spam:  45,167   Infected: 32    Total: 206,053
>
> Fridays are generally lighter than Mondays.  The switchover was done on
> Saturday, Jul 21st and so those stats are partial.  Sunday, the 22nd was
> the first full day.   Also, one of the five boxes was switched to
> BarricadeMX the previous weekend.  We used that as a test in convincing
> ourselves that this world work.  The week went great.  We didn't have a
> single issue all week long.  No complaints or performance problems.  It
> just worked.
>
> Richard Lynch
> WVNET
>

.... Wow ...
Might be something to look at after all...:-).
Thanks Richard.

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