Re: Recommendations for ISP

Oh yeah, a third trend is that ISP services have become a dirt cheap 
commodity, and one must assume that the people who work there aren't 
highly trained or highly compensated.

Anyone have any feedback on Zixmail.com or Certifiedmail.com?




--- In [email protected], "david4705" <David4705@...> 
wrote:
>
> To answer my own question, my firm's IT guy in the end chose 
> 1and1.com.  In the end I did find some ISP's that offered filtering 
> by Postini as an included benefit.  Our IT guy was less impressed 
> with Postini than me.  However, almost all ISP's now offer virus 
and 
> spam filtering at their level, including 1and1.
> 
> But I don't want to shelve the issue just yet. There seem to be two 
> conflicting trends.  More and more client communications are 
through 
> email, to the point where it is almost indispensible.  At the same 
> time, computer security threats are increasing geometrically in 
> number, professionalism and criminality. 
> 
> I'm now wondering about what are the key things to consider when 
> setting up a law firm's email plumbing.  And how exactly does it 
> work, anyway?  Is it secure?  How do you know?  
> 
> As I understand it, all incoming email to our firm goes to one of 
> the ISP's servers, where it is filtered and sits until it is 
> downloaded by our firm's mail server, which then in turn sorts and 
> delivers the email to our internal network addresses.  Is that the 
> usual set up for a law firm?
> 
> From my reading, at least as of 2004, Postini had a 1/3 market 
share 
> in filtering spam and viruses from large law firm email.  I guess 
> that means that for those firms, the email goes from the ISP to 
> Postini, and then to the firm.  
> 
> So, what is the standard one should look for with regard to data 
> security at the ISP level?  Is it more secure to have a dedicated 
> server than a shared server or a virtual private server?  Is there 
> any way to check on an ISP's track record for security?
> 
> And there is now unfortunately the issue of the filtering that is 
> done at the ISP level.  There are all different kinds of filtering 
> systems, most of which seem to be either proprietary or rebranded. 
> Which one is better?  What, if anything, are firms doing to see if 
> legitimate email is being mistakenly filtered out at the ISP level?
> 
> Maybe the answer is that like sausages and legislation, one should 
> not think too much about where email comes from. 
> 
> Is anyone encrypting all client communications?  Clients have their 
> own email filtering systems, and I doubt that encrypted emails get 
> through.
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> --- In [email protected], "Tom Mighell" <tmighell@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hey John,
> > 
> > I'd love to answer his question, but I'm afraid I'm not any good 
at
> > recommending an ISP -- I'm not even sure where I would begin to 
> look. I'm
> > aware of "The List" (www.thelist.com), which lists all the ISPs 
> available
> > for a particular area code -- but I wouldn't necessarily be able 
to
> > recommend any of the ISPs listed......
> > 
> > Tom
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John DeBruyn
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 5:40 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: RE: [NetLawyers] Recommendations for ISP
> > 
> > Hi Tom:
> > 
> > I tried to send this (Saturday) afternoon just after your 
> wonderful weekly
> > newsletter INTERNET LEGAL RESEARCH WEEKLY came out:
> > 
> > http://www.inter-alia.net/
> > 
> > Could you handle the following from David as if it were one of 
> those letters
> > to the editor that you solicit and so kindly answer.
> > 
> > Good thing I didn't recommend my ISP ... this email got lost in 
> the scuffle
> > when my ISP's server crashed ... and that is why this took until 
> today
> > (Tuesday) to get where it was going.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > John
> >   -----Original Message-----
> >   From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of david4705
> >   Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 7:02 AM
> >   To: [email protected]
> >   Subject: [NetLawyers] Recommendations for ISP
> > 
> > 
> >   Anyone have a recommendation for an ISP for a law firm?  I'm 
> looking
> >   for one that offers excellent antivirus and antispam filtering, 
> maybe
> >   using Postini.
> > 
> > 
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