RE: [IMail Forum] Virus Scanning

[Gary Steeley]

One possible source of infection would be PCs infecting the server through network shares, which wouldn't be caught by an SMTP scanner, although a well secured SMTP server should not have this problem.  Virus software can plug this leak but one problem with running virus software on a mail server is it puts a heavy load on the machine if you are using active protection to scan disk activity.  You can either configure the virus software to not actively scan the Imail folders and files, or deactivate active protection and schedule scans on a regular basis.  Make sure that your SMTP Gateway also scans outgoing emails so you don't spread any viruses if you get infected.   Gary -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jerry Murdock Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 7:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Virus Scanning IMO, the server is secured, no.    Jerry   ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Shepro To: Imail Forum Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 2:00 PM Subject: [IMail Forum] Virus Scanning Is it necessary to run a virus scanner on the Imail server as one would run such a scanner on a file/print server or workstation.  This would be in addition to an SMTP virus scanner like Declude or Symantec's Norton AntiVirus SMTP Gateway.   Thanks,  ~Alan   ----------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Shepro Slone Epidemiology Unit Boston University Medical School 1371 Beacon Street Brookline, MA 02446 Tel 617-734-6006 x235 Fax 617-738-5119 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]