Re: Corporate spam filter

We are using MessageLabs, contracted through IBM Security Services and have
been very happy with it.

You basically have your external DNS MX record pointed to MessageLabs and
they filter the mail and then pass it to you (quickly with virtually no
delay).  You can also filter your outbound mail by using them as a relay
host.  They also offer antivirus mail scanning that is better than most in
house solutions because it does better at catching the 'zero hour'
infections (an in house signature file based system may not pickup the new
virus signature until the next day).


                                                                       
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In the past, I've seen messages here about people using various things as a
corporate wide spam filter, but I'm not finding those threads in the
archives.

One previous recommendation was using a third party managed email filter
company, but I can't find archives references to who was recommended.

This client is currently running the OS/400 smtp server, with Byteware
Standguard for anti-virus.  I don't think they'd be too open to a Linux box
as an email filter, because they don't have anyone on staff familiar with
it.

What are other people recommending?

Doug
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