On Jun 16, 2005, at 4:37 PM, Robert G. Werner wrote:
Roger Rustad wrote:
Does anyone have any links to resources that deal with installing
ClamAV
on Exchange 200x servers? (Yes, I know that I can set up a ClamAV
proxy;
in this case, I want something I can install/do directly *on* the
Exchange server)
If not, perhaps someone knows of some 3rd party software that I could
purchase? I'm trying to move away Symantec-based products....
I haven't heard of anyone using Clamav Directly with exchange. That
being the case, I think Exchange has an API for submitting messages
to a virus scanner. If you can get Clamd to run on Win* (may or may
not be very easy because I think Clamav assumes a POSIX environment)
then the next step would be to write something to the Exchange API
that takes the message, submits it to Clamd and then disposes of the
message appropriatly.
This would be a nice addition to Clamav if you or someone else wanted
to create it. Would help make Clamav even more cross platform.
I know the OP didn't want to use a proxy, but personally I've found
that the FreeBSD system I set up our scanning proxy:
A) saves disk space and processor cycles...Exchange can be hoggish,
especially when a lot of clients are logged on
B) is wonderful for logging and troubleshooting; only our incoming mail
is scanned and logged, so if someone emails us asking if [EMAIL PROTECTED]
emailed them (Why haven't I received their message?), we can easily
check the logs with a quick "grep" to see if it ever hit our border
scanner and tell them whether it's in the spamtrap or if it never even
REACHED the exchange server; I personally find the Exchange server's
logging facilities to be rather inadequate.
C) opened our budgets a little more thanks to the huge array of
anti-spam and antivirus configurations we can install on it.
D) adds a ton of flexibility in how email is handled and scanned.
But I'm sure the OP already knew of these things and was just in a
position where it isn't feasible to install it or just doesn't want to.
I thought I'd send this just so it would be in the archives in the
slim chance anyone consults them when looking for experiences other
people have had with ClamAV in production use :-)
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