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As I
said, the main reason I use WebShield is because it's part of
TVD.
BUT,
in a corporate environment where you control access anyway there is often no
need for SMTP authentication. Yes Imail is better in this respect but for
me it just doesn't matter.
The
Anna virus situation could easily have been reversed with WebShield catching it
and desktop McAfee missing it. I caught it because I've had a *.vbs filter
in place for ages. I simply clicked on content filtering, add, typed a
description, checked the Attachment file name box, typed *.vbs in the Filter on
word/phrase textbox and clicked ok. Much simpler than Imail as evidenced
by the large volume of mail to this list from folks trying to get Imail's
filters set up properly.
It
would be wrong to say that Declude is best or McAfee is best. As with
virtually everything, what's best depends on the situation. For me
WebShield is the best solution. For those needing SMTP authentication,
something else will probably be a much better choice. I was just trying to
fill in the whole picture especially since it sounds like Craig might be
well served by WebShield and would be wasting money by buying something
else. Maybe not. That's for him to decide.
Dan
Yes, filters are easier in Webshiled, plus
Webshield has realtime e-mail counters so it is easy to monitor.
However, automatic updades are also available in
McAfee desktop version that you would use should you decide to buy
Declude.
For me Webshiels presents at least two drawbacks
as compared to Declude-McAfee:
1. It is not possible to implement SMTP
authentication. Ipswitch has it, but Webshield doesn't. Therefore, antispam
defence of mail server is somewhat impaired.
2. Scanning is much more reliable with desktop
McAfee than with Webshield. Just a couple of weeks ago we had severe
contamination with Anna Kurnikiva's virus. Webshield with latest DAT's would
let it in, whereas desktop version of Mcafee (and McAfee+Declude) seemed to
have no problems catching and eradicating this virus. I had to call McAfee and
they aknowledged a bug in Webshield, that they quickly repaired, but damage
has been already done.
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Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 3:53
PM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] McAfee
What you say concerning it taking over SMTP is true, but for a
corporate server WebShield also has some advantages. Setting up
filters is much easier than in Imail. Updates are automatic and
transparent once configured. Would I be using it if I didn't have
TVD? Probably not due to the cost. Since I have it as part of
TVD it's a no brainer for me.
Dan
From my experience with Webshield I'd rather
recommend Declude :)
Webshield works, but it is far from perfect,
plus you won't be able to use SMTP fetures of Ipswitch, because SMTP will
be retaken by Webshield.
thanks
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 2:09
PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum]
McAfee
Actually, we are running NAI's TVD Groupshield, which runs on your
Exchange server as an integrated NT service. I guess by the
two responses, I should be looking at NAI's TVD Webshield product as the
anti-virus solution to run in conjunction with IMail. Is this
correct?
_________________________________________ Craig
Webb
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Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] McAfee
Yes, I am running Webshield (TVD)
from McAfee and Ipswitch.
What info are you looking for?
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001
11:25 AM
Subject: [IMail Forum]
McAfee
Hey Everyone:
I currently administer NAI's Total Virus Defense on our
Exchange server, but we will soon be changing to IMail. I can't
find any information on McAfee's site regarding IMail, so does anyone
have any experience integrating NAI's TVD on an IMail server?
Where did you find the information on how to integrate it? On
the IMail site, it says to see the configuration notes. Is that
referring to IMail's configuration notes? (My boss has these and
I haven't been able to view them yet.) Thanks for any
information you can pass my way.
Craig Webb
_________________________________________ Craig
Webb
[EMAIL PROTECTED]United
Bank
770-567-2537 Information
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