The solution would be not to use any AV products on a production exchange server. Use an SMTP gateway AV and client AV.
Michael Woodruff System Administrator inChord Communications Inc. A group of communications companies providing clients unlimited visibility 614.543.6405 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 11:23 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Antivirus causing move errors thingamajig Sophos doesn't appear to have an Exchange 5.5 aware AV product, so I don't know how great of a solution it would be for poor Thomas' Exchange server. Chris -- Chris Scharff Senior Sales Engineer MessageOne If you can't measure, you can't manage! > -----Original Message----- > From: Woodruff, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 9:45 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Antivirus causing move errors thingamajig > > > Being from the UK I would think you would use SOPHOS. Sophos > is by far the greatest Anti Virus Software. > > Michael Woodruff > System Administrator > inChord Communications Inc. > A group of communications companies providing clients > unlimited visibility > 614.543.6405 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 10:44 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Antivirus causing move errors thingamajig > > > I am running NAV 2.12 in MAPI/VAPI and it seems to work fine > IF the background scanning option is enabled. The only > drawback is that every time the definitions are updated it > must rescan the whole IS in the background (about 24 hours > for our 20G store). In version 2.14 the added an option to > inhibit the automatic rescanning when new definitions are > installed. How did you get version 2.17? We paid extra for > a year of updates and had to call and bug them to get the > corporate 7.6 update but they sent no navmse update. > > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: Halliday S (ISELS) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 5:09 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Antivirus causing move errors thingamajig > > > If you check the archives, I had and still have the same > problem here with NAV and users not being able to move > attachments. I had MS look at it and Symantec and both > blamed each other. I ran optimiser and that didn't cure it. > The next stage (which I still haven't got round to yet) is > checking the IS for corruption. What I have found is that > when I upgrade to a new version of NAV (uninstall/reinstall) > it starts of working fine and then gradually performance > becomes a real issue with alot of stuff being quarantined > (when quarantining is disabled!) and users start to get mail > sitting in the outbox for a while. I am running NAV 2.17 > Build 75 in MAPI/VAPI. Ex 5.5 SP4.0, NT4.0 SP5a. > > Stephanie. > University of Glamorgan. > UK > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hansen, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 11 December 2001 18:17 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Antivirus causing move errors thingamajig > > > Exactly. Well almost, I'm at the background part. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 10:10 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Antivirus causing move errors thingamajig > > So your problem is the same one I ran into: > > -Had old NAV for exchange 2.0 running in mapi mode (only mode > it supported). > > -Upgraded to NAV 2.1 and enabled dual mapi/avapi mode. > > -Users could not move multiple messages at once without > errors. Also exporting to a PST file would cause errors and > an incomplete export. > > -Went back to MAPI only mode. > > -Got nervous and went back to MAPI/AVAPI mode but enabled the > background scan. No complaints yet, but I have not tried to > break it either. > > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hansen, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 10:22 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Antivirus causing move errors thingamajig > > > Yes I am, I'll look for that option. Thank you. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:12 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Antivirus causing move errors thingamajig > > Are you running Norton AV for exchange? If so, there is a > background scanning option that will prescan all your mail > whenever new definitions arrive. Once they are prescanned, a > multi message move will not require all the messages to be > checked for viruses. I turned on the background scan option > here and it took over a day to scan everything (about 20gig > of mail), but a definition update came in the middle of that. > > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hansen, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 4:28 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Antivirus causing move errors thingamajig > > > A while back I submitted a item about getting errors(access > denied errors) when moving emails to and from mailboxes and > someone suggested it may be related to VAPI mode in my > antivirus, something to do with a scan time or something. > Does anyone have the vaguest clue what I'm talking about? > > I looked back but I cant seem to find it. > > Recap > Single site, single domain. Exchange 5.5 sp4 w/hots, NT4 sp6 > Users trying to move large emails or lots of emails get a > cant move access denied errors. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
