_Shouldn't_ be a problem.
1. Web Messaging reads the same mailbox as POP3/IMAP4.
2. The incoming messages _don't_ bypass the scanners because
they come in through the normal SMTP services (SMTPD32).
3. The outgoing messages _don't_ bypass the scanning process
because Web Messaging uses IMail1.exe to pass the
messages through the normal SMTP queue.
4. Web Messaging _doesn't_ create HTML messages only text.
Also, hooks to tie AV programs in, they exist and we're
working on a knowledge base article now.
Bob
In reply to 17 May message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>Just an observation here that kind of ties two threads
>together. Someone was commenting earlier about
>attachments in webmail not be intercepted by the AV
>scanner. I didn't see any mention of the reason
>(maybe is so obvious that everyone thinks everyone
>already knows it and doesn't want to look foolish, but
>I'll do it - I'm not proud {bg}).
>The web mail interacts directly with IMail - bypassing
>all the gateways, scanners, etc between it and the
>mean nasty world out there. Unless Ipswitch puts
>hooks into IMail to support AV scanning, this will be
>a big hole in your defenses.
>I don't have any solutions (yet), but I thought I'd
>throw this out.
>Rocky
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Len Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 12:48 AM
>Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] An Anti-Virus idea....
>>There seems to be some great AV engines already designed,
what they did is
>>license these engines and write the interface to Exchange.
The company is
>>Sybari and it won't work on IMail, but I thought perhaps
someone on this
>>list could figure how to make, Sophos, Norman, Norton, or
NAI hook into
>>IMail.
>At this point, there are no hooks in Imail for av
>scanners. But that doesn't matter, imo, because the
>av scanner should be inserted in the mail flow
>upstream from Imail, and in a separate dedicated
>machine. The AV scanners are dedicated to AV, not
>anti-spam (although GFI MailEssentials has some
>anti-spam featuers) so to get a total,
>whiter-than-white mail infrasture, you need something
>like this:
>1. Internet gateway relay with agressive antispam
>features (http://IMGate.MEIway.com).
>(btw, Dusty Carden at NetEase.net got his first IMGate
>machine running Tuesday night)
>2. av scanner relay of your choice, content scanner.
>3. Imail
>This keeps the functions in separate boxes, spreads
>the load for unlimited scalablility (you can build any
>number of 1., 2., 3.) and flexiblity and reliabiilty.
>It keeps the functions "loosely coupled" across the
>SMTP protocol, avoiding tight coupling and hooking
>within one machine.
>Len
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