Bob would you please announce its availability on the list when it is done?
Thanks!
At 12:48 PM 05/17/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>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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