There was an official announcement that all non-windows RAV will be discontinued by MS. I will have to go back and find it.
Shannon Tim Fournet wrote: >Is anyone sure about the fate of RAV Anti-Virus yet? I haven't seen >anything that says definitely that there will be no more versions of RAV >for non-MS products. Many of the articles I have read about it seem to >infer that MS has just licensed the technology, not bought the company. >We've got a current support contract for RAV on Linux/Qmail right now, >and we haven't received anything saying that the products will be EOLed. > >-Tim > >On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 12:08, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > >>At 07:12 AM 7/19/2003 -0500, you wrote: >> >> >>>Anyway, I would like to start using Linux a bit more as a server platform >>>at work. I have been using it on some workstations, but the bulk of my >>>servers are Solaris. This is mainly due to Linux's poor support of >>>NIS+. Since I am moving to LDAP, it opens the door for me. >>> >>> >>Go Linux.. >> >> >> >>>One of the first things I want to move over is my MTA. I am presetnly >>>using Sun's supplied Sendmail as the MTA. I have been looking into Exim, >>>Qmail, and Postfix as replacements since they all seem to have a wide >>>following in the Linux community. >>>So, who is using what, and what are their experiences with each? I know >>>John Hebert is using Qmail (I think anyway). RedHat comes with Posfix and >>>Sendmail by default. Which MTAs have better support for virus/spam >>>filters? Which ones are easier to configure? Also, since M$ bought RAV >>>antivirus, I am in the market for a replacement for that also. >>> >>> >>I am happy with Postfix or qmail. I have Postfix at some sites, and qmail >>at others. Both are very easy to configure, and you can plug just about >>anything into them. I would have immediately suggested qmail since RAV >>anti-virus plugs right into it, but well, you know the future of that >>product.. Anyway, of the two you can really go on which one you think you >>will enjoy managing the most. They are both the same really when it comes >>to security and ease of administration. >> >>One patch you should consider if using qmail is qmail-ldap, which lets you >>drive qmail using an LDAP back-end. I do this at one site to push qmail and >>a contact management system >>(http://www.puryear-it.com/images/mail_ss2.jpg). At another site we drive >>Postfix and Courier-MTA with MySQL, and use another custom web app to >>manage it all. >> >>So with Postfix or qmail you can: >> >>1. ensure a minimum level of security >>2. build a nice interface to manage the service >>3. centrally store the user information >>4. use Maildir instead of mbox >> >>With qmail you can also centrally store the MTA configuration so that you >>can drive n qmail-based mail servers quite easily. >> >>Be sure to use Maildir and not mbox when you make the change. Not sure what >>you are using now.. >> >> >>--- >>Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Puryear Information Technology, LLC <http://www.puryear-it.com> >>Providing expertise in the management, integration, and >>security of Windows and UNIX systems, networks, and applications. >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>General mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
