Ferrari Mailing List: Re: [NFC] Spam Filters & Cellular Repeaters?

[Martin Stark (MStark]

I have an installation that uses a very heavy duty server running MS 
Server2003 64bit mostly for file server/terminal server functions.  All 
internet functions, including an email pop3 server, vpn, web hosting, 
nat, virus protection, etc, are handled by a small eSoft Instagate 
appliance that sits between the WAN (internet) and the LAN.  Daily 
administration is handled by the company's art director. 
Rejected/quarantined spam runs around 95% of all their inbound email 
with 5% being non spam that is delivered.  Spam that gets through to 
users' computers is virtually non existent.  This solution is not 
inexpensive, but a good bargain when one considers the hours not wasted 
wading through spam filled inboxes.

Charles Perry wrote:

> Wonder if I could tap the list's expertise outside of cars for a few
> minutes.
>
> Last year our company bought a server (Dell Poweredge 1900, I believe,
> running MS Server 2003) which is doing our domain hosting and Microsoft
> Exchange e-mail hosting. We're a pretty small group - about 20 employees
> and about a dozen full-time terminals with occasional laptops. This is
> the first time we've hosted our own e-mail, as opposed to letting our
> ISP do it. Over the course of the year our spam has gotten completely
> out of control, like a lot of people's I'd guess. I get about 200 spams
> a day, and most of my other people have the same problem to a lesser
> extent. The IT people who set up the server for us did not implement any
> spam controls as they said they had not found a solution which did a
> good job without being overly intrusive. If I remember correctly,
> Exchange has the ability to reference someone's spam list for doing
> simple filtering, but I couldn't use that because it would automatically
> kill messages with lots of recipient names, which interfered with some
> other e-mail based lists we use at the office.
>
> Do any of you know of or use a good spam solution that can work for our
> entire enterprise on a MS Server/Exchange 2003 box? Obviously I don't
> want any consumer-level crap like McAfee, but other than that I'm open
> to suggestion. Don't care if it's hardware or software as long as it's
> easy for a non-IT guy to administer and reasonably effective.
>
> Second problem. We are about to move into our new headquarters building
> and have found that the cellular signal inside the building is unusable.
> It is a steel frame building with metal roof & walls, so it makes a
> pretty effective Faraday cage. However, the building we're moving out of
> had the same construction and no issue with cell signal. Has anyone
> successfully used any sort of cellular repeater where we can put
> something inside the building to boost the cell signal to a usable
> level? The signal seems fine if you're outside the building, but not
> inside.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- charles
>
>
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>                          Charles G. Perry IV
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