A while back, I was looking for cost effect, reliable, functional SMTP Security Solutions which I could bundle in with my Exchange Deployment & Migration Projects for SMB Customers.

The first thing I did was set out some selection criteria:

1. Easy to Deploy
2. Easy to Configure
3. Easy to Administer
4. Effective
5. Reliable
6. Multi-Function Anti-Spam (Definitions, Bayesian, Block Lists, SPF Lookup, PTR Lookup etc)
7. Multiple Anti-Virus Engines
8. LDAP (Active Directory / Directory Services) Integration
9. Quarantine
10. Reporting
11. COST EFFECTIVE

My search saw me spending much time on google & many result sites, reading about products, features, installation manuals, administrators manuals, evaluating products ranging from Free / Open Source to Paid.

I got to a stage where I was even considering building up my own open source Anti-Spam Solution, but soon came to the conclusion I did not have the time to dedicate to such a project, so on the search went...

I eventually stumbled on a RARE GEM of a product: SPAMTITAN

It delivered EVERYTHING I was looking for & More.

Form Factor
 
- Installable Software (ISO Download)
- VMWare Appliance  (Downloadable)
- Physical Appliance (only available on request I believe)

Some of the Features

• LDAP Integration
• Kaspersky & ClamAV Anti-Virus Engines
• Multi-Layered Anti-Spam
• Low False Positive Rate
• Content Filtering
• Optical Character Recognition
• Multi-Tenancy
• Per-User Message Management through Quarantine Reports
• Multiple Domain Support
• Inbound / Outbound Scanning
• 20 Mins to Deploy
• 20 Mins to Configure

The Cost

$    550 for 100 Users
$ 4,400 for 5000 Users

With everything in between, license entitles you to run one secondary (offline) deployment of SpamTitan as standby (secondary MX or otherwise) in case of failure of Primary Route.

The Specs (For 100-1000 Users):
3.0 Ghz or Better Processor
1 GB RAM
80 GB HDD

Bottom Line:

The guys who developed this product have certainly done a good job & are delivering Value in terms of Punch for Price and score a definite Recommendation from me!