Son of spam: 4 spam filtering packages tested

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24 October 2003 01:40 PM
Tags: exhange, spamkiller, mcaffee, surfcontrol, mailessentials, mailmarshal, gfi, smtp

NetIQ MailMarshal

Initially, the results were beginning to look a bit worrying on the static controlled tests and we were very surprised when tabulating the results and applying the scoring to find that even though there were some obvious hits and misses with the MailMarshal application, overall its consistency won out. Instead of being amazingly accurate, this package applies the sure but steady approach to filtering the mail messages. Total score is 1383 points.

MailMarshal has two main operations windows: one for configuration, and the other to allow administrators to check the status of the messages being stopped. The messages can be filtered to a number of specific directories such as images, virus/worm, language etc.

 Spam filtering sofware

 Anti-spam software:

 GFI MailEssentials
 NetIQ MailMarshal
 NAI/McAfee SpamKiller
 SurfControl

 Specifications
 How we tested
 Look out for...
 Final words
 About RMIT

Product: MailMarshal 5.5 SMTP
Price: From AU$2315 for up to 75 mailboxes
Vendor: NetIQ
Phone: 02 9959 2313
Web: www.netiq.com

Interoperability:
Supports Windows 2000 with any SMTP mail server.

Futureproofing: ½
Testing results were best balanced overall.

ROI:
Excellent solution and investment for larger or growing enterprises with 100+ mailboxes to administer.

Service:
Additional contract available.

Rating:

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Talkback 1 comments

    I am interested in knowing how ...Anonymous -- 24/01/04

    I am interested in knowing how the market is for spam filters in Australia, I work for FrontBridge Technologies (in Marina Del Rey, California, U.S.A.) and I recently followed up on an inquiry on us from a Sydney based company. As we spoke they mentioned that there are no perimeter based solutions doing business in Australia like ours.

    Just curious and thought the author of this article might like to discuss.

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