Barracuda Networks Spam Firewall 200 (BSF200A3)

Pros: reliable, set it and forget it, works with LDAP

Cons: users can't manage their own spam boxes.

The Bottom Line: Although not perfect, the Barracuda 200 offers a good combination of reliability, great spam filtering, and value for the money. Smaller companies will be quite satisfied with it.

Review: In my job, one of the things I've done for a few clients is to get them off of hosted mail and onto their own mail server. The hosting service that we had recommended began to drop off in quality, and by buying a server they could give email ...

Pros: Setup is easy and painless

Cons: Tech support's horrible, poor warranty, 'real' warranty is about 1/2 the price of the box.

The Bottom Line: Look elsewhere. If you can't manage the device, then it's not worth the money. There are plenty of other options available.

Review: We've had our spam firewall for about 2 years now. Setup and configuration was easy. For the past month or so, we've been having major problems with the box. We timeout trying to login or navigate from page to page within the administrator GUI once ...