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by mgalaz

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Greetings,

I'm looking for a product that will allow me to filter email content for offensive content. I'm a k-12 school and this is a requirement of E-rate. What is the best product out there for the $ and ease of use for the Administrator. Iuse an Exchange 5.5 Server and Outlook as the client.
I need to filter for porno, language content both for incoming and outgoing emails.

Thanks!
Michelle

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by lmc4whpc

There are LOTS of software packages designed to do what you're looking for. I did research on the same issue. I tried NetNanny. I've also tried the Norton Internet Security. There are also family friendly internet service providers like www.mayberry.com Each product meets different needs and costs differently. I think content is a huge issue. If you ever figure out the best answer, let me know. Here are some comparison charts and info on some of the different methods:

http://www.infopeople.org/howto/filtering/filtering_chart1.html

http://www.infopeople.org/howto/filtering/filtering_chart1.html

http://www.glencoe.com/ps/computered/article.php4?articleId=356&modId=4

by mgalaz

Thanks, but I'm specifically looking for email filtering not Internet (already have a device doing that).

by shmaltz

I have been using for 2 years now, Sybari AntiGen for Exchange. It offers AntiVirus, as well as Content filtering.
It's a great program, I haven't had any problems with it.
You can get it at:
www.sybari.com

by shmaltz

It also has a very easy to understand User Interface. Which you can install on any computer. It also offers an easy way of crating templates to distribute across multiple Servers. It also has remote installation options.
The price is around $60 - $75 (US) per user.

by rob

Hi Michelle

We use TrendMicro EManager. You can filter pretty much anything with it. It has but in content filters that get updated regularly and you can also customize the filters to fit your needs. It can be set to notify you when it finds content you've restricted, it can archive or delete the suspect email. You can remotely install to other Exchange servers if you have more than one site.

Here's there website, they have a demo you can d/l
http://www.antivirus.com/products/smexem/

by coopachi

Check out GFI.com for their Mail Essentials product. I find it easy to use and it is pretty inexpensive. I believe that it is priced per number of mailboxes, and you don't need to buy a special "server module". It can run on another machine in the network or the server. We currently run it on our server. It also has a very good AV built in.
I feel it is worth the effort to check it out.

hope this helps

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