You're the second poster to mention problems with the F-Prot for Windows Auto
Updater.  I have included a script below that I run automatically with the Win2k
Scheduler to ftp to the F-Prot FTP site, download the virus definitions, unzip
it and overwrite the current .def files.  It's probably more reliable than the
auto updater, although I don't have F-Prot for Windows, so, I don't know first
hand.

1) create a DOS batch file that calls the ftp script and runs the unzip command.
I placed it in my F-Prot folder.

--------- getdefs.bat ---------
ftp -s:script.txt
unzip.exe -o macrdef2.zip
-------------------------------

( I got the unzip.exe file from the FreeZip utility that you can get at most
shareware sites.  You can also download FreeZip from my job's ftp site:
ftp://www.mlc.lib.ms.us/pub/mlc/software/misc/freezip.exe. The "-o" option tells
it to overwrite existing files without prompting.

2) the script it calls is located in the same folder

--------- script.txt ---------
open ftp1.mirrors.complex.is
anonymous
(your e-mail address goes here)
cd pub/
bin
hash
prompt
get macrdef2.zip
quit
----------------------------

3) I've only had F-Prot for a few days so I don't know if the file name changes
often or not.  If if does, I'll try to come up with a way to compensate for that
as well.

Kirk Sansom

J Porter wrote:

> Yes.. go for it.
>
> You'll get the same functionality as DOS plus the auto updater if I ever get
> it to work properly... lol..
>
> We're IMail 7.03 on NT4 Workstation with 1000 ISP mailboxes. Declude works
> great. 127 (and counting) emails today containing SirCam.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dale McDiarmid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 11:22 AM
> Subject: [IMail Forum] F-Prot: DOS vs Windows
>
> > Hello...
> >
> > Looks like I'm going with F-Prot with my Declude.
> >
> > Would I get the same functionality (as far as Declude is
> > concerned)  whether I use the DOS or Windows version? If so, then I'll get
> > the Windows and maybe use some extra licenses for use on some desktops.
> >
> > IMail 6.04 on NT4
> >
> > Thx,
> > D.
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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