Here t'is:
http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-20000517-DM01.htm
IMail - How can I tie an external filter program into IMail
Dave
In reply to 17 May message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>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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