Veritest, a subsidiary of global maintenance and testing company Lionbridge, has announced the results of its first round of benchmarking in the anti-spam software arena.

Veritest’s first round includes three packages, and here is how they fared..

For out-of-the-box performance, MessageLabs Anti-Spam Service and Finjan Software Internet 1Box tied for first, with Barracuda Networks Spam Firewall coming in a close second;

In a vendor tuned environment, MessageLabs again took top honors, with Finjan and Barracuda products tied for second.

You can view the drilled-down results (meaning how Veritest compiled them), at the VeriTest Anti-Spam Benchmark Service site.