I sent the info to the guy who manages the database this
morning. So I would expect to see it within a week.
Bob
In reply to 17 May message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>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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