You are risking a lot by not putting Antivirus software on your server.
We've been running ScanMail and ServerProtect on our Exchange server for
a while w/o any problem. We did exclude ScanMail and Exchange folders
from scanning.
Brian
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> Steven Plender
> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 1:28 PM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: anti-virus protection for Exchange server os
>
>
> We are currently using Antigen Anti-virus software on all of
> our Exchange servers. We have not used any other anti-virus
> software to protect the server or operating system itself.
> Three years ago when the Exchange systems were being
> installed it was known that file scanning anti-virus software
> could or would corrupt information store files and perhaps
> log files as well. The architect recommended that no
> anti-virus software be installed at that time. Desktops and
> other servers are protected with file scanning anti-virus
> software which is updated nightly. We have been asked /
> directed to install server file scanning software (NAI) on
> our Exchange servers. This weekend I have been running it in
> the lab on an Exchange server and have excluded the partition
> with the information store and the partition with the log
> files. Can you tell me what the consensus is on this issue
> and do you run server anti-virus software along with Exchange
> aware anti-virus software. Thanks.
>
> Steve Plender
> RBC DS
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