What to migrate to.

[Lance Haig]

Hi Jerry,

I have not tried MailBorder yet and perhaps I need to give that version 
a go.

Thanks for replying

Regards

Lance


On 04/11/2013 19:42, Jerry Benton wrote:
> The three primary ones are:
>
> - Baruwa
> - Mailborder
> - Mailwatch
>
>
> I am the creator for Mailborder, so my opinion is of course biased 
> towards my own product.
>
> Baruwa is the most mature in a production environment. I do know that 
> if you use Debian or a variant such as Ubuntu, it it relatively easy 
> to install. As far as I know, all of the source is open. There are 
> both free and commercial versions. I'd suggest looking into it more 
> for comparisons. However, I am sure you are aware of its features 
> since you have been using it for a while.
>
> Mailborder has been used privately for about 8 years and available to 
> the public for about a year. The latest version (v4) is a total 
> redesign of v3 based on customer feedback. While also easy to install 
> and setup, you need to have a good understanding of MailScanner and 
> MTAs to configure the advanced layering of policies. There is both a 
> free and paid version. Paid versions allow for more domains, 
> clustering, etc. Most of the source is open, but part of it is closed 
> and encoded. (PHP files for the web interface, etc.) If you speak a 
> language that there is currently not a GUI translation for, you can 
> get free unlimited licenses by maintaining the translation for that 
> language. (Easy after the first translation.)
>
> Mailwatch is the oldest of the three. However, as far as I know, it is 
> not as actively developed as Mailborder and Baruwa. Support is also 
> limited as Mailborder and Baruwa have websites with free and paid 
> support options where Mailwatch does not. (As far as I know of anyway.)
>
>
> You can test all of them for free. I would suggest doing that and then 
> deciding for yourself. While all of them are similar in several areas, 
> each of them have various features not available in the other.
>
>
> Jerry Benton
> www.mailborder.com <http://www.mailborder.com>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Lance Haig <lhaig at haigmail.com 
> <mailto:lhaig at haigmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi All,
>
>     I have been an avid mailscanner user for many years now and I have
>     recently been running a MS server with Baruwa front-end.
>     Recently no matter what I do I seem to be letting SPAM and Virus mail
>     through, and loads of russian spam.
>
>     So I think it is time to rebuild my server as it has been running for
>     more than 2 years and I do like to rebuild the OS from time to time.
>
>     So my question is:
>
>     What is a good combination of MS / Front End/ addition scripts and
>     rules
>     that will make a good MS solution for my small installation.
>
>     I only use this for personal mail domains so don't have budget for a
>     paid solution.
>
>     I host my current server on a kvm host on my main server.
>
>     I would really appreciate some guidance
>
>     Thanks
>
>     Lance
>
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