What is this new Antispam/Antivirus Gateway?
One of the biggest problems facing email use today is the proliferation of SPAM (unsolicited emails) and viruses. Usage statistics of emails arriving to University of Montevallo servers indicate that SPAM and virus-related emails can account for at least 90% of the messages received. After a careful review of the many commercial services and hardware solutions available to help with this problem, the Barracuda SPAM Firewall by Barracuda Networks was chosen because of its many features, flexibility, and high end-user satisfaction. This device sits between the Internet and the University’s email servers as a gateway that reviews each message as possible SPAM and/or virus infected emails.
