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MessageLabs has done a wonderful job for us on the incoming viruses. "Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@techsoft To inc.com> "Midrange Systems Technical Sent by: Discussion" midrange-l-bounce <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> s@xxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject 11/17/2005 12:21 RE: Email on the Iseries or not PM Please respond to Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@midra nge.com> >Just curious re: virus protection -- ClamAV detects 40,000 viruses, McAfee >detects 150,000. Any thoughts on how you would handle the other 110,000? Front end appliance? Run your e-mail through a anti-virus/anti-spam appliance or service before it ever sees the iSeries. We use www.postini.com but there are many others. -Walden ------------ Walden H Leverich III Tech Software (516) 627-3800 x11 WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.TechSoftInc.com Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur. (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.) -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of QSCANFSCTL Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 12:18 PM To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion' Subject: RE: Email on the Iseries or not Just curious re: virus protection -- ClamAV detects 40,000 viruses, McAfee detects 150,000. Any thoughts on how you would handle the other 110,000? -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of wdjohnston@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 12:07 PM To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Email on the Iseries or not Hi All, Very interesting thread. I run Stalker in i5-OS. We replaced Exchange with it and have very few issues that require a ton of support. I get most of my support from the Stalker list server. We support 4 domains and about 500 users. The server itself does not use up much CPU. 2-5% on a 520. We used to run the same server on a 170-2292 with the same utilization. We average around 2000 emails per day. Our clients use Outlook, as they did before, or the Webmail client that was included with the product. We did buy third party 'skins' to dress up the web interface a little. We are also running McAfee Antivirus. This is probably the most expensive part of the deal. I'm working on ClamAV and other GNU malware options, but I'm learning as I go, so the curve is winning right now. Just recently websites have appeared that post versions compiled for the PASE environment with pretty good instructions on installation. I have had good success with using these utilities On the negative side, Stalker doesn't update the i5 native code as often as the other platforms. This makes sense in that there are very few users of this platform. I had an issue once due to an error in the code and was able to have it repaired by Stalker in a day or two. I'm not overly concerned about having my production processor on the internet because I have it isolated with a firewall and only open those ports that are required for email. We also use black lists to reduce the amount of spam we see. I think we reduced our daily mail count by about 1500 when I enabled the blacklist feature. Having had to deal with Exchange, and having used Domino, I will say that I like CommuniGate Pro. As to whether or not to run it on the i5, I also like it there because I know this system and it's capabilities. We are a small shop with 3.5 FTEs. I am the only i5 resource and am part time so I don't have enormous amounts of time to spend on email problems. CGP also has some other features that we don't use. List server, SIP, Clustering, etc. If you are looking for a serious communications package this one is worth a look, no matter what platform you wish to run it on. My $.02. Wayne Johnston Ripon Medical Center -- This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message and any attachment to this e-mail message contain information that may be privileged and confidential. This e-mail and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named above (the recipient) and may not be forwarded to or shared with any third party. 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