Ultimate anti-spam guide: 11 products tested


Contents
Introduction
 BitDefender
 Clearswift
 CA eTrust
 GFI
 IronPort
 MailGuard
 McAfee
 MessageLabs
 NetIQ
 Network Box
 Symantec
 Specifications
 Editor's Choice
 About RMIT
 How we tested
Symantec BrightMail AntiSpam 6.0.1

The last but certainly not least software application in this anti-spam review is Symantec BrightMail 6.0.1.

This software is very modular, the administrator must first install a scanner on the target machine(s), then once licensed and the machine restarted, the Brightmail contol centre can be installed.

Part of the installation loads and configures Tomcat and MySQL. Following the completion of the installation the administrator can launch the browser-based interface for the control centre, add whichever scanners were deployed and fine tune the applications configuration.

Brightmail updates very frequently and its summary page shows reports and graphs for recent activity. Antivirus is also an option.

Possibly one of the easiest to install and get up and running with excellent reporting.

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Product Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam v6.01
Price AU$19 per user, and less
Vendor Symantec
Phone 1800 000 423
Web www.symantec.com.au
 
Interoperability
Works with any mail server, designed to work easily over several mail servers.
Futureproofing ½
Very good range of features and excellent reporting.
ROI
Appears quite good.
Service
No warrant details provided.
Rating ½

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Talkback 3 comments

  1. Where can I buy Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam v6.01? please Anonymous -- 23/04/05

    Where can I buy Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam v6.01? please

  2. We trialled both Mailguard & MessageLabs. MessageLabs is seemingly run out of the UK. To make a simple change required talking to someone in the UK, faxing a form to the UK, and waiting for them to be available. Not ideal. Anonymous -- 01/06/05

    We trialled both Mailguard & MessageLabs.

    MessageLabs is seemingly run out of the UK. To make a simple change required talking to someone in the UK, faxing a form to the UK, and waiting for them to be available.

    Not ideal.

    1. RE: MailGuard propaganda posts Anonymous -- 21/02/08

      Geez, i wonder which of the two firms the anonymous poster is aligned to?? MessageLabs have a sydney office, have far a greater number of and far larger australian client base than MailGuard, and have never experienced the service outages that plague MailGuards poorly conceived and architected systems. Ever heard of availability & capacity management?? How bout mis-leading and deceptive conduct, alla "100% uptime" as is claimed in your marketing. Sub 25 seats, where you dont rely that heavily on your email, use MailGuard as they are cheap. > 50 seats, use MessageLabs, or Postini or Microsoft (whom acquired Frontbridge in 2006). You get what you pay for afterall.

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