Re: [exim] Mail Frontier

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Author: Craig Jackson
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To: Kevin Reed
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Mail Frontier
Kevin Reed wrote:
> We are just about done with a test eval of Mail Frontier's Appliance.
> It is a stand alone box that we pass all our mail through and it deals
> with spam issues.
>
> In our test, we ran our current system with SA and for the first week
> just had it look at the mail without any interaction. It clearly was
> catching mail we were not.
>
> We then added 50 or so users so that any possible spam was caught by
> its junk mailbox system and the results have been really good. It
> easily beats SA for catching spam.
>
> The problem however is the cost.
>
> Using their appliance with our current ~4000 users would cost ~$30k
> for the first year and $13k each year afterwards.


That's absurd. Try a homemade box with Exim-Clamav-Spamassassin and
greylisting. You'll get the same results.
Craig