Microsoft Antigen Spam Manager

["Rosenbaum, Larry M." <ro...@ornl.gov>]

I have been asked to look into Microsoft Antigen Spam Manager (and MS
Forefront for Exchange Server).  Does anybody have any information (or
can point me to independent reviews) as to how good this product is and
how it compares with SpamAssassin?

 

Thanks ...

AW: AW: Microsoft Antigen Spam Manager

["Starckjohann, Ove" <st...@norddeutsche.de>]

Hi!

> Hi,
> dont inform senders via mail about spam and  virus invents
> this leads to backscatter, cause mostly sender addresses are faked.

correct...we're not doing that.

 
> A short message in smtp reject code , if you are brave enough 
> to reject mail about classified by your antispam, may be ok.

That's exactly what is being done...


Ove :-)

Re: AW: Microsoft Antigen Spam Manager

[Robert Schetterer <ro...@schetterer.org>]

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Starckjohann, Ove schrieb:
> hi Larry,
>  
> we did use that product since ages...it's not that good in comparison to
> SA, because it's not using bayes-filtering (at least not in version 8
> which we're using).
> You're stuck to static filters like filefilters (looking for "bad"
> fileextensions like *.pif, *.com, *.scr,, etc..), subject-filters and
> mailbody-filters. Formerly we quarantined recognized spam-mails and had
> to look through the quarantine-area from time to time to watch out for
> false positives.
>  
> Nowadays we're using NoSpamProxy with Help of SA (spamd) in front of our
> Exchange-Server and Antigen (as virus-scanner) on the exchange-machine.
> This combination works great. Big advantage is that there is no
> quarantine anymore..mails are accepted or not at the gateway...if mail
> (spam) is rejected, the sender is informed WHY and that he/she should
> contact us.
>  
> Ove
>  
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> *Von:* Rosenbaum, Larry M. [mailto:rosenbaumlm@ornl.gov]
> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 6. Juli 2007 20:26
> *An:* users@spamassassin.apache.org
> *Betreff:* Microsoft Antigen Spam Manager
> 
>     I have been asked to look into Microsoft Antigen Spam Manager (and
>     MS Forefront for Exchange Server).  Does anybody have any
>     information (or can point me to independent reviews) as to how good
>     this product is and how it compares with SpamAssassin?
> 
>      
> 
>     Thanks …
> 
Hi,
dont inform senders via mail about spam and  virus invents
this leads to backscatter, cause mostly sender addresses are faked.

A short message in smtp reject code , if you are brave enough to reject
mail about classified by your antispam, may be ok.

If you have urgent need to make someone notice about spam or virus
envents via mail inform the reciepient and/or the postmaster


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Mit freundlichen Gruessen
Best Regards

Robert Schetterer

https://www.schetterer.org
Germany
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AW: Microsoft Antigen Spam Manager

["Starckjohann, Ove" <st...@norddeutsche.de>]

hi Larry,
 
we did use that product since ages...it's not that good in comparison to SA, because it's not using bayes-filtering (at least not in version 8 which we're using).
You're stuck to static filters like filefilters (looking for "bad" fileextensions like *.pif, *.com, *.scr,, etc..), subject-filters and mailbody-filters. Formerly we quarantined recognized spam-mails and had to look through the quarantine-area from time to time to watch out for false positives.
 
Nowadays we're using NoSpamProxy with Help of SA (spamd) in front of our Exchange-Server and Antigen (as virus-scanner) on the exchange-machine. This combination works great. Big advantage is that there is no quarantine anymore..mails are accepted or not at the gateway...if mail (spam) is rejected, the sender is informed WHY and that he/she should contact us.
 
Ove
 
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Rosenbaum, Larry M. [mailto:rosenbaumlm@ornl.gov] 
Gesendet: Freitag, 6. Juli 2007 20:26
An: users@spamassassin.apache.org
Betreff: Microsoft Antigen Spam Manager



	I have been asked to look into Microsoft Antigen Spam Manager (and MS Forefront for Exchange Server).  Does anybody have any information (or can point me to independent reviews) as to how good this product is and how it compares with SpamAssassin?

	 

	Thanks ...