You said:
>Also, hooks to tie AV programs in, they exist and we're
>working on a knowledge base article now.
When will this article be ready? I'm very interested.
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Stull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] An Anti-Virus idea....
>_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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