Teknoids

Hello Teknoids,

We are currently running a barracuda 300 box to handle email
filtering, this works great.  We filter out all suspect email (around 70%
of all email) and only deliver filtered email so that our users do not have to
wade through the glut of spam.  Every once in a while (2-3 times a month)
there is a false positive.  A user calls us we can then check the logs
which go back 30 days and release any email that was falsely held up. 

Our central university IT is implementing a new spam
filtering policy that will filter all email at the border.  The
unfortunate part is that this email will be dropped immediately with no ability
to trace for false positives.  This will be a big step back for us and
will no doubt frustrate our users. 

The central university has agreed to modify our mx records
so that email is delivered directly to our servers.  We are looking at the
possibility of upgrading our barracuda box with redundancy to handle the
additional volume or using a third party service like Google Email Security
(Postini).  I was wondering what other schools are doing and what works
for them.   Your input is greatly appreciated.  Thank you.

Ray