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Alex Broens wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:49CAC18A.60506@alexb.ch" type="cite">On 3/25/2009
11:56 PM, Paul Welsh wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Thought it was worth mentioning for anyone
who doesn't know that Google
<br>
bought Postini last year and are offering outsourced mail scanning for
$12
<br>
per user per year. For $25 they'll archive all mail for a year. For
$45
<br>
they'll archive for 10 years.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.google.com/postini/compare.html">http://www.google.com/postini/compare.html</a>.
<br>
The archiving will include internal mail for those running certain
products
<br>
like Exchange Enterprise.
<br>
<br>
I've used MailScanner on my own dedicated server for years. Recently I
<br>
spent some time setting up 2 x MailScanner servers for the company I
work
<br>
for (80 - 100 people). However, when I found out about Google's
offering I
<br>
suggested we switch. The pricing and the archiving facility made it a
no
<br>
brainer. We're going through one of Google's partners so there is a
setup
<br>
and annual support fee but it's a few hundred quid. The sterling
pricing
<br>
for the actual service is equivalent to the dollar pricing.
<br>
<br>
We used to use MessageLabs which used to cost over GBP40 per user per
year
<br>
so the Google service is about a fifth of the price.
<br>
<br>
I was talked through the Postini web interface yesterday and it seems
highly
<br>
configurable. So configurable, in fact, that I'm glad we are spending
a bit
<br>
more to get some support from people we can phone.
<br>
<br>
Presuming that the service works well in blocking spam and viruses, I
really
<br>
think SMEs have to think very carefully before installing their own
mail
<br>
scanning server. Of course, for big organisations where money is tight
and
<br>
user numbers are high then $12 per user per year is still more
expensive.
<br>
For a company like the one I work for though, the time taken to
maintain our
<br>
own mail servers is just not worthwhile at these prices.
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Good your bosses feel safe having corp's mail in hands of the largest
search engine and data minining company in the world.
<br>
<br>
I know my boss wouldn't want that.
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<font size="-1">Amen!<br>
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