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St Bernard Software iPrism Appliance (Internet Security group test)

Company: St Bernard Software
Pricing: $2,195 (plus subscription)

Unique in this test, the iPrism is actually an appliance. Although these tend to be more expensive than software-only products, they usually have the advantage of a fairly solid configuration since they are factory-build.

 

SurfControl Email Filter for SMTP (Anti-spam group test)

Company: SurfControl
Pricing: $18 per user (based on 500 users)
This software was, as far as installation was concerned, a mixed bag.
 

Trustix Xserver Content Filtering Gateway 800 (Group Test: Email content filtering)

Company: Trustix
Pricing: $7,499 for up to 500 users

This is a 1U-height rack-mountable device, with an Intel 2.4 GHz Celeron processor, 512 MB RAM and two 80 GB IDE drives in RAID 1 configuration. It functions as a proxy server, which might mean some network address and firewall configuration juggling before it is set up to your satisfaction.

 

Norton AntiSpam 2004

Company: Symantec
Pricing: $39.95
The growing plague of unsolicited spam is costing businesses millions of dollars per year in lost productivity, according to the latest Business Barometer study from the University of Nottingham in the U.K
 

BlackSpider MailControl (Anti-spam group test)

Company: BlackSpider Technologies
Pricing: 500 users costs $1.42 per user per month ($8,520 p.a.)
MailControl is a managed service offered by BlackSpider and it was quick and easy to set up.
 

Crypto Anywhere

Company: Bytefusion
Pricing: Free for individual use, $39 for companies

Encrypting email is a must for the paranoid among us, and Crypto Anywhere provides the tools necessary to encrypt and decrypt email messages. Among its new features are Outlook integration and the ability to create an executable that can run off a floppy or flash disk, thereby circumventing the need ...

 

intY MailDefender (Anti-spam group test)

Company: Inty Ltd.
Pricing: $28.20 per user, per annum - based on a 500 user pack
This is a UK-based managed service claiming a quarter of a million global users of its managed email and internet services.
 

MailMarshal for SMTP (Anti-spam group test)

Company: NetIQ
Pricing: $629.95 for 100 mailboxes
NetIQ is a familiar name in the email security space, known for its MailMarshal range.<
 

INSL SpheriQ (Email services group test)

Company: INSL
Pricing: $15.36 - $12.55 per user p.a.

INSL's SpheriQ service started off well in our tests. A detailed setup process was well managed and we liked the inclusion of a relay test conducted against our mail servers.

 

INSL SpheriQ (Email services group test)

Company: INSL
Pricing: $15.36 - $12.55 per user p.a.

INSL's SpheriQ service started off well in our tests. A detailed setup process was well managed and we liked the inclusion of a relay test conducted against our mail servers.