[Publib] Barracuda Filter

[Mark Ellis]

Kevin,

We're using ProofPoint, a software as a service spam filter and are
quite happy with it.

Users receive a digest of suspected spam messages so there's a way of
retreiving false positives. (there haven't been any to my knowledge)
Some spam still makes it into my mailbox, but it's more of a drip than
even a trickle.

Before ProofPoint we'd used Symantec's filter and that worked pretty
well too.

Mark

Mark Ellis
Manager, Information Technology
Richmond Public Library
Richmond, BC
(604) 231-6410
www.yourlibrary.ca


-----Original Message-----
From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Okelly
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 11:06 AM
To: April Szuch; Kara Roberts
Cc: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Publib] Barracuda Filter

Just curious: does anyone know of *any* library that has had a positive
experience with filters?

Kevin O'Kelly
Reference and Cataloging Librarian
Somerville Public Library
79 Highland Ave.
Somerville, MA 02143
(617)-623-5000


-----Original Message-----
From: April Szuch <szuchalibrarian at gmail.com>
To: Kara Roberts <kara at starkville.lib.ms.us>
Cc: publib at webjunction.org
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 11:00:24 -0600
Subject: Re: [Publib] Barracuda Filter

> The IT department at a previous job used Barracuda, and it seemed to 
> do exactly the opposite of its intent. It would block safe e-mails and

> send junk through to our inboxes. The name is cool, but that was about

> all I liked about it.
> 
> --
> April Szuch
> Assistant Reference Librarian
> Natrona County Public Library
> Casper, WY
> www.natronacountylibrary.org
> 
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