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Verified User in Higher Education
AH
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"The best e-mail security solution"
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.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
AC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Increases the protection of your account from the phishing, spam and campaigns"
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.

Verified User in Banking
AB
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Good experience"
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.

Ajeet S.
AS
Senior Lead- Technical
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Easy to Deploy SMG"
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.

Ümit G.
ÜG
Senior Information Technology Security Consultant
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"email security gateway"
What do you like best about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

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

What do you dislike about Symantec Messaging Gateway?

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

Faheem C.
FC
IT Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Powerful product and neat interface"
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.

Jason H.
JH
Freelance digital nomad
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Limited to no experience"
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.

Farrukh D.
FD
Senior Manager Technical and PMO
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG)"
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.

Verified User in Banking
CB
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Security Manager"
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.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
CC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"My Experience with Symantic Messaging Gateway"
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.

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