use commercial spam filtering service?

[David]

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> Do anyone of you use a commercial spam filtering service?

Yes.  Postini (www.postini.com)

>
> Please share your thoughts about it.
>

Pretty good mostly.  Its pretty rare to get spam through.  Almost as rare 
as it is with gmail.

> Do you use it to supplement other spam filtering?
>

Nope, only thing we use for spam.

> Do you just use it as the main MX and it then relays legitimate email on
> to your real mail server?
>

Correct.

> How did you decide it is worth its value?
>

I didn't.  It was here when I got here.  I can definately see the value, 
though.

> Do you have any research to show how beneficial it is for you?
>

Nope, just my anecdotal evidence.  It's pretty damn beneficial, though. 
Its one less headache for me to worry about.

> Any significant lost mail or significant delays or other problems?
>

None noticed.

> Do you also pay to have your outbound mail relayed through their gateways
> too?
>

Nope.  Can't see any benefit with that.

David
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