Ultimate anti-spam guide: 11 products tested

Specifications

Product & version BitDefender v1.9 for MS Exchange 2003 MIMEsweeper for SMTP 5.0 eTrust Secure Content Manager 1.1 GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP V10.1 NetIQ MailMarshal 6.0.3. 8 Symantec Brightmail anti spam version 6.01
Company Softwin / NetFreighters Clearswift Computer Associates GFI Software NetIQSymantec
Price AU$315 for 10 users 50 users AU$3000 incl. 1 year support US$55 per node (for full suite) 25 users AU$550, 100 users AU$1075, unlimited users AU$2150. 25 users AU$1155, 50 users AU$1850, 100 users AU$3325, 250 users AU$6925, 500 users AU$12,000 AU$19 per user; volume discounts available
Warranty 30 days trial 90 days software CD / 30 days installed software 12 months N/A N/A N/A
Operating System   XP Professional, Win2k server/advanced server or Windows 2003 Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition, Windows XP Pro with SP1, Windows 2000 with SP2, SP3, or SP4 Any Windows 2000/2003/XP operating system. Windows 2000 or Above Microsoft 2000/2003 Server, Solaris 8 or 9, Linux RedHat ES/AS 3.0
E-mail server software Microsoft Exchange 2003 Server Any - Any. Extra functionality in AD environments. Any SMTP Mail Server Exchange / Notes Foldering agent
Network requirements   TCP/IP TCP/IP SMTP Hardware Sizing dependant on Email Volume minimum 100mbit lan
Support for address whitelists (Y/N) Y Y Y Y and Autowhites addresses based on recipient address of outbound email. Y Y
Support for address blacklists (Y/N) Y Y Y Y as well as DNS blacklists. Y Y
Support for keyword blocking (Y/N) Y Y Y Y Y Y
Support for embedded URL blocking (Y/N) Y Y Y Y Y Y
Support for attachment scanning (Y/N) Y Y Y N Y Y
Support for embedded image scanning (Y/N) N Y N Y N Y
Active HTML detection & blocking (Y/N) Y Y Y N Y Y
Integrated e-mail anti-virus (Y/N) Y N Y N Y Y
Type of scanning employed heuristic,w/b lists, charset filter, url filter, keyword filter N/A AV, spam, URL filtering, keyword, profanity, file type, virus hoaxes, activex and Java applets Bayesian, SPF, directory harversting, DNS Blacklist, blacklist, header checking and keyword checking. Lexical Analasys Reputation filters, URL filters, signature filters, heuristic filters, content filters, AV filters
Automated definition updates (Y/N) Y Y Y Y, for the Bayesian engine. Y Y

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  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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