Webshield (Network Associates) works really slick for this. You have to do
the port change as Eric noted or all the mail will get hung up in a
"deferred" file until Imail knows what new port to listen too. Webshield
will add a little more overhead to your server, but you can install
Webshield on another machine and have it do the scanning instead.
At 08:58 AM 1/4/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>The proper way to do this is to use the correct application. Symantec and
>Network Associates have applications that will listen on the SMTP port and
>after processing everything that comes through can redirect it to the mail
>server. You will have to change the SMTP port that Imail listens on. This is
>described in our KnowledgeBase. Do a search on "port" <without the quotes>
>for detailed instructions how to do this.
>
>Eric S
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Randy Leiker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 1:17 AM
>Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Problem reagrding the virus Detection andOutgoing
>messages.
>
>
>> Sree,
>>
>> I assumed that you had a direct link to the Internet and I did not realize
>> you were using Imail in a dial-up gateway configuration. Even putting
>that
>> fact aside, have you tried directing Nav to autoscan all text files
>whenever
>> a text file is created or accessed? I'm assuming you know that you can
>> direct it to scan specify file types after opening Nav by going to Options
>|
>> Auto-Protect | Select (under the What to scan area). I would think that
>> even as text files, Nav would be able to pick up on any attachments/macros
>> that contained a known virus pattern. Have you found that to be wrong?
>>
>> Randy
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Sreedhar Rao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 12:04 AM
>> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Problem reagrding the virus Detection
>andOutgoing
>> messages.
>>
>>
>> I have already done that..but the problem is that my IMAIL by itself
>> doesn't connect to the ISP to collect the mails. It gets it's mails from
>> another internal gateway software...which is installed on the machine
>which
>> is dialing to the ISP.
>> I am not sure whether NAV will be able to detect the IMAIL mbx
>files....for
>> they are just plain text files..it happened several times...that the virus
>> is there on the machine and it doen't detect unless I donwload it on my
>> machine and run the Antivirus.
>> Anyhow thankx for the suggestion....I have installed the latest Sysmantec
>> pack...for the Antivirus..and put it on schedule.
>> Sree
>>
>> At 11:23 PM 1/3/00 -0600, you wrote:
>> >Sree,
>> >
>> >I don't know how to help you out with the filters as I haven't had much
>of
>> a
>> >chance to work with them, however I can help you out on the anti-virus
>> >issue. What I've done to address the email virus risk is to install
>Norton
>> >Antivirus 5.0 on each mail server (not necessarily on the gateway
>machine).
>> >I then instructed Antivirus to scan all of the files in the Imail queue
>> >whenever they are created/accessed, etc. To avoid some further overhead
>> >administration, I setup Norton's scheduler to automatically grab virus
>> >defintion update files on a nightly basis and to do scans of the entire
>> >server a couple of times each week. Using this method, I've been able to
>> >stop amazing amounts of email viruses that have come through the email
>> >servers I administrate.
>> >
>> >Randy
>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "Sreedhar Rao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 11:02 PM
>> >Subject: [IMail Forum] Problem reagrding the virus Detection and Outgoing
>> >messages.
>> >
>> >
>> >Hi Folks,
>> >Well here is my problem and requirement.
>> >I am using an Older Imail version.IMail 4.04 ..
>> >I am a bit novice in this field of Filters...etc.
>> >I want these two features.
>> >1. I want to restrict the internal domain users from sending any
>> >attachments through their mail clients...let's say they can't send any
>> >files ending with .doc extensions.
>> >Even if they want to send I should be able to restrict them to send to
>only
>> >particular address.
>> >2. How can I prescan all the incoming messages for Viruses. I am using my
>> >mail server on an NT machine which is the PDC.
>> >I am using another member server which runs a gateway ...which captures
>all
>> >the emails from the net...and distributes it to the internal mail
>software.
>> >Now Symantec has a software for virus scanning for the email
>gateways..but
>> >when I tried to install it...it said that it can't recognize the
>server...I
>> >mean while installating..it comes up with the box to enter the SMTP
>gateway
>> >IP...and when I give the IP...it says...can't recognize ...and I have to
>> >abort the installation.
>> >
>> >Waiting to hear from you people.
>> >I am sure somebody must be having a solution to this.
>> >Sree
>> >Admin, Network Group
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