Sounds like you may have a communications problem. -----Original Message----- From: Toni, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:41 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Antigen vs. ScanMail
Me preaching to users: "as a preventative measure against computer viruses, please don't access your web-based personal mail accounts like Yahoo or Hotmail from the corporate desktop." What (several of) the users hear: "please don't open any mail if it's from someone with a hotmail or yahoo account as all these messages will have a computer virus" <sigh> > -----Original Message----- > From: Brent Hudson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: December 13, 2001 3:11 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Antigen vs. ScanMail > > Just my 2c (for what its worth)... educating users and hammering your > point home re the trials and tribulations of viruses does also help... the > only drawback is the 1000 messages you get "er.. is this attachment ok to > open...." > > later > Brent > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 13 December 2001 09:01 > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Antigen vs. ScanMail > > > We 'just' changed over to the Trend suite from *cough* CA's wannabe > version of antivirus. Other then the fact that I got the message > attachment blocking up and running less then an hour before the goner > virus starting hammering our server, it was not too painful to configure. > Some of the trial's and tribulations of the install: > The tvcs console wants a default password...not the one you > installed it with.....and of course it is not in their documentation, but > IS on their knowledge base......yippee...esp when you discover that after > totally un-installing and re-installing because you think you've made a > mistake. The console itself...well...personally I don't like the lack of > functionality that it provides (when you compare it to the individual > product consoles), but...it does kind of work. > So far, so good! Its pushing the install to the NT machines without > too many problems, and will even uninstall CA's product first before it > installs (very slick!) and the definitions are deployed pretty quickly to > the machines when they come online in the am. > The server protect piece works pretty smoothly as well and yes, you > can push out the install to remote servers fairly easily. > It took us a while, but we finally managed to get corp to make a > wise decision! *grin* > > Two thumbs up to Trend!! > > Smile Lots! > Cameron > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Crouthamel, Jonathan > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 1:31 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Antigen vs. ScanMail > > > Do you utilize centralized management with Trend? ie > updating desktops via a console. I guess my question is, does Trend have a > similar product to NAI's EPO? > > Thanks for the info...After all these threads its been > narrowed down to two products. > > Jonathan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Moody, Jacqueline > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 1:24 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Antigen vs. ScanMail > > > > We also started with NAI and had a lot of problems > with it. The desktops defaulted to checking mapped network drives, which > slowed some logons down to a crawl. We now have Trend deployed throughout > the enterprise (165 site WAN, 400 servers, 20,000+ workstations, Exchange) > and are very, make that extremely happy with it. For Exchange, I wouldn't > look at anything other than Trend or Antigen. > > Jackye > > -----Original Message----- > From: Crouthamel, Jonathan [ > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 1:16 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Antigen vs. ScanMail > > > We currently use NAI products (unfortunately). I > have been looking into antigen as an alternative when our licenses come up > for renewal. A quick perusal on Trend's site shows that they also offer > file server as well as desktop protection options. Has anyone used these > other products and how have you found them? That was the one and only > thing I liked about NAI, getting all the needed products from one vendor. > > Jonathan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob t. Berge [ <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 4:12 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Antigen vs. ScanMail > > > Thanks!! :) > > PS: Ignore my last post, especially the Antigen > part, I read newer posts and found the answer I was looking for ;) > > Thanks for that Mich�le!! > > Bob > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > Van: Neil Hobson [ > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > Verzonden: donderdag 13 december 2001 10:03 > > Aan: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Onderwerp: RE: Antigen vs. ScanMail > > > > > > IIRC = If I Remember Correctly. > > > > AFAIK, this is the best site for this: > > > > <http://www.acronymfinder.com> > > > > Neil > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bob t. Berge [ <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > Posted At: 13 December 2001 08:51 > > Posted To: Sunbelt Exchange List > > Conversation: Antigen vs. ScanMail > > Subject: RE: Antigen vs. ScanMail > > > > > > First of all my appologies for not understanding > what IIRC means. > > Second, I've been through every option in Antigen > and i canNOT find > > ANY way to ignore zipfile contends. So, if you DO > have that option > > then please be so kind and enlighten me. > > > > Thank you very much in advance, > > > > Bob > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > > Verzonden: woensdag 12 december 2001 17:13 > > > Aan: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > > Onderwerp: RE: Antigen vs. ScanMail > > > > > > > > > IIRC, you can configure Antigen to ignore the > contents of zip files. > > > > > > -Mich�le > > > Immigration site: < > <http://LadySun1969.tripod.com>> > > > The Miata: < > <http://members.cardomain.com/bpituley>> > > > Tiggercam: < <http://www.tiggercam.co.uk>> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > "The one function that TV news performs very > well is that when there > > > is no news, we give it to you with the same > emphasis as if there > > > were." -David > > > Brinkley > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Bob t. Berge [ <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 11:15 AM > > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > > Subject: Antigen vs. ScanMail > > > > > > > > > Here's my 2 EUR cents about these 2 > applications. > > > > > > I installed Antigen on one server and ScanMail > on another (yes i got > > > it working after i applied SP2 for Ex2k). > > > From what i've seen so far, neither one has the > ability to block *.* > > > except *.zip, for example. You have the choice > to either block ALL > > > attachments without exception, or block only the > files with the > > > extensions you provide. 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