> Declude sounds like a good solution to me, with two exceptions:
>
> 1. It requires McAfee desktop version of antivirus. This is
> different from SMTP. While I have never seen SMTP version of
> McAfee crash, I observed may times how McAfee desktop version
> would bring the system to a halt. One time it is corrupted
> service, next time Mcafee programmers issued a buggy DAT....
> I really don't want to see my server crash, for my job will
> crash with it.
If you don't like McAfee, there are several other antivirus programs that work fine
with Declude. But, most of our customers are using McAfee without any problems. Note
that Declude uses the *command line* scanner, not the "on access" scanner. The
command line scanner isn't run as a service, which minimizes the potential for
problems.
And, if the DAT is buggy, it's going to cause problems for the SMTP version as well.
Are you aware of the problem that we discovered with McAfee's WebShield SMTP where you
can send it an E-mail from a valid (but unusual) E-mail address, and it will cause
WebShield SMTP to slow down to a crawl and crash after a day or so?
That's because McAfee is an expert at virus detection, but not an expert at mail
servers. Ipswitch is an expert at mail servers. We harness the expertise of both
companies to provide what we believe is a very solid product.
> 2. While Imail-McAfee is just 2 unit chain, Declude adds one more,
> so now you have three possible points of failure instead of two.
Actually, I think you have that backwards. IMail-McAfee is a 2-unit chain as far as
SMTP goes (mail comes into the McAfee mail server, and gets sent to IMail), whereas
with Declude, mail just comes in to the IMail server.
In the case of IMail-McAfee, you are running 2 different mail servers and 1 virus
scanning program. With IMail-Declude, you are running 1 mail server, 1 virus scanner,
and 1 "glue" program that puts the pieces together.
-Scott
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