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Symantec Messaging Gateway Reviews & Product Details

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What do you like best about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

10 class IP reputation is good for coverage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

Lots of similar functions to legacy mail filter software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Symantec Messaging Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you?

None as hardly used and not on purpose or by personal choice Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Symantec Messaging Gateway Overview

What is Symantec Messaging Gateway?

Secure your email with our powerful advanced threat protection and anti-spam solution for on-premises messaging environments.

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Product Description

Secure your email with our powerful advanced threat protection and anti-spam solution for on-premises messaging environments.


Seller Details
Seller
Broadcom
Year Founded
1991
HQ Location
San Jose, CA
Twitter
@broadcom
59,531 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
61,034 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ: CA
Phone
+1 800 225-5224
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$27,500,000,000
Description

Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies a broad range of semiconductor, enterprise software and security solutions. Broadcom's category-leading product portfolio serves critical markets including cloud, data center, networking, broadband, wireless, storage, industrial, and enterprise software. Our solutions include service provider and enterprise networking and storage, mobile device and broadband connectivity, mainframe, cybersecurity, and private and hybrid cloud infrastructure. Broadcom is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. For more information, go to www.broadcom.com.

Recent Symantec Messaging Gateway Reviews

Ümit G.
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Ümit G.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"email security gateway"
You can deploy Symantec Messaging Gateway ea
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Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Good experience"
Friendly interface Good protection Great rules and conditions features
Verified User
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"One of the best Email protection solution I ever had found."
Ability to find out and remove viruses from incoming/outgoing emails.
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Verified User in Higher Education
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What do you like best about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

You can deploy Symantec Messaging Gateway very easily on-premise. Security configuration is very easy and web GUI is very user-friendly. You can access any configuration parameters with a web interface. Symantec catches more than 99 percent of spam with a less than one in one million false positives, so it's spam catch rate is very high. You can create a custom policy for detailed email control. You can give your users access to their spam mail for optional. You can upgrade to new releases easily. You can schedule backup and restore configuration with one click. It is allow to integrate to other software for security check. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

Symantec Messaging Gateway's all feature is best except high availabilty part, I dislike it's high availabilty feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Symantec Messaging Gateway:

it is a stable and easy-to-use product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Symantec Messaging Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our mail security requirements solved by Symantec Messaging Gateway Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
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What do you like best about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

Symantec Messaging Gateway is one of the best solution with great features currently available in the market. It protects against any threat caused via email messaging, it has a great feature that identifies spam, malware, viruses and unwanted corrupt content in the email or email attachment. It also prohibits the content as per the policy implemented. It also has the feature to apply policies for content rejection as per set rules." Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

SMG has to be improved based on the nexgen trend in the market. It can be included the AI and MI based technology to detected sophisticated malware and emails. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Symantec Messaging Gateway:

It is the on of the best solution available in a market Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Symantec Messaging Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you?

I was using SMG to prevent ane block the phishing and spam and campaigns emails and based on policies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
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What do you like best about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

Friendly interface

Good protection

Great rules and conditions features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

Some how there was some spam and marketing emails bypass the system, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Symantec Messaging Gateway:

It is great solution, but you have to setup your customization, I recommend to make it in learning mode (monitor all emails) beforr yourenable blocking Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Symantec Messaging Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you?

I built multiple rules to control in and out emails, it helps me to block spam and infected emails

And some how marketing emails Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ajeet S.
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What do you like best about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

1. the platform is available as a physical and virtual appliance where no need to install any software.

2. works with any email server hosted at Datacenter.

3. easy to create spam filter policies and management through a control center using multiple scanners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

Policy backup and restoration on demand would be a good feature. Reporting required some improvement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Symantec Messaging Gateway:

Recommend to use Symantec messaging gateway for on-premise mail server With ATP feature Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Symantec Messaging Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you?

blocking spam emails, restrict malicious attachments, content-based filter as per requiements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ümit G.
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What do you like best about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

You can deploy Symantec Messaging Gateway ea Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

Symantec Messaging Gateway's all feature is good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Symantec Messaging Gateway:

Symantec Messaging Gateway Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Symantec Messaging Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you?

Symantec Messaging Gateway Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Faheem C.
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What do you like best about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

SMG has good future set; there is ease of administration and management, it is bug-free and support is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

Lacks the ability to automatically pull problematic email from users mailbox. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Symantec Messaging Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you?

Spam, spoofed, bulk, marketing emails are blocked with great accuracy and low false positives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Farrukh D.
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What do you like best about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

The technology and features, they are robust and works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

A bit of complex deployment into enterprise infrastructure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Symantec Messaging Gateway:

Highly recommended Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Symantec Messaging Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you?

Spam and email security Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
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What do you like best about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

SMG built in many feature which default can help organization protect threat via email. We also can customize/ads policys and integrated with other solution as sandbox. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

The people need to study more when they want to use SMG efficently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Symantec Messaging Gateway:

N/A Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Symantec Messaging Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you?

SMG help organization protect threat via email. It help to block phising email, malicious attach in email, have large reputation email with update everyday. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
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What do you like best about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

Prevent spam and suspicious email threats such as phishing & ransomware Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

Nothing till now, but I am looking for more reporting and analytics capabilities, but the existing capabilities are still good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Symantec Messaging Gateway:

It is one of the most email security tools in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Symantec Messaging Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you?

Block email threats, preventing phishing and spear attacks, Defeat most business email compromises. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

Ease of use and accessibility of the product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

Availability is not that stable yet performance of the product should be reconsider. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Symantec Messaging Gateway:

Scope properly client requirement to be able to utilize all symantec messaging gateway features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Symantec Messaging Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you?

Protection of email thru the sifferent features symantec can offer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.