Are you referring to the exchange scanner? If so we were using Sophos's new product called MailMonitor for Exchange. We would get it installed, configure it, try to start the real time scanning and it would error out. Then, tech support would have us uninstall and re-install. While doing the uninstall it would un-register some dll's the other software was using and crash our intranet. It was a real mess, and we were not getting any where with them. We finally gave them a deadline to get it working by and they did not deliver so a few days after the deadline we pulled the plug.
N. Ryan Fennema, MCSE Network Administrator X-Rite Incorporated - Grandville, MI Phone: (616) 257-2165 Fax: (616) 257-2165 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.xrite.com -----Original Message----- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 3:14 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Virus/Spam filtering I'm curious as to what product you were using that had so many problems. What was it? -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Fennema [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 12:08 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Virus/Spam filtering That is our current plan, we also have Sophos on the desktop, and other that having some problems with a few win98 clients updating, they have done very well. They also just introduced a virus scanner for exchange, but after they worked on a problem we were having with for two months with no solution we pulled the plug on it and decided to go with Virus and Spam filtering. Because of throughput issues, and other interaction issues with our mail server we have been instructed to look into a SMTP scanner running in front of our exchange server, also making a policy change that will not allow users to use outlook to check there external account. (I know not the most secure way to do it but that was the decision made). N. Ryan Fennema, MCSE Network Administrator X-Rite Incorporated - Grandville, MI Phone: (616) 257-2165 Fax: (616) 257-2165 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.xrite.com -----Original Message----- From: Woodruff, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 2:57 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Virus/Spam filtering This is true. We use Mailsweeper for SMTP and Sophos for Desktop scanning. We don't use any server side AV. I totally argree with Martin. If you plan on using gateway and desktop only, you better be on top of it 24/7. Sophos is a damn good product though. -----Original Message----- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 2:52 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Virus/Spam filtering While gateway scanning is great, you would be much better off with something on the Exchange server itself. Here is one scenario as to why. User logs into Hotmail and downloads a virus and the desktop AV doesn't catch it. It grabs the list from the GAL and hammers the mail server. You are now fully infected. I would definitely look at something for the Exchange server as a primary, gateway is secondary. -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Fennema [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 6:49 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Virus/Spam filtering I have been given the task of finding and evaluating a SMTP Virus/Spam filter for our company. What products do you recommend? We are running one exchange server with about 700 mailboxes. We want to go gateway scanning so that the scanner is not residing on the exchange server. The two products we have been looking at in particular are Interscan Virus wall suite by Trend Micro and MailMarshall by Marshall software. Any suggestions/recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks, Ryan N. Ryan Fennema, MCSE Network Administrator X-Rite Incorporated - Grandville, MI Phone: (616) 257-2165 Fax: (616) 257-2165 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.xrite.com _________________________________________________________________ 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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]
