Just curious, what are the consequences of running Standard AV program ?
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Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] What is the Purpose of Imail AV if You have NAV
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If you have a mailserver AV program running on the IMail server, you would
want to disable standard AV scanning of the spool directory and users
folders (but it is easier just to exclude the \IMail directory). You also
need to disable scanning of whatever directory that the mailserver AV
program is running in (Declude Virus, for example, by default will scan in
subdirectories off of the spool directory, so you normally don't have to
worry about this part).
If you are running a standard AV program (one that isn't designed for a
mailserver), you can have it scan the spool directory -- but be *very*
careful in doing this, and be sure you know what the consequences are.
-Scott
At 09:22 AM 9/8/2003, Amy Cozine wrote:
>Disable all Imail folders - or just the spool and users folders?
>~Amy
>
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>NAV Corp?
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> > > > Are you supposed to disable scanning of the Imail Folder and sub
> > > > folders in Norton Corporate and use Imail AV instead?
> > >
> > > Yes, absolutely.
> >
> >And I assume there is a reason other than Ipswitch and Symantec make more
> >money?
>
>A mailserver AV program requires 3 pieces: [1] A mailserver, [2] A program
>that can detect viruses in files on the hard drive, and [3] The "glue" to
>combine the two (decoding attachments, hooking into the mailserver and the
>virus scanner, sending notifications, etc.). NC just has #2 and part of
>#3. Essentially, what it is saying is "We'll find every known virus in any
>file on the hard drive, and we may be able to find some viruses in some
>E-mail files." If that's good enough for you, and you know the potential
>pitfalls (such as legitimate E-mail in .mbx files being deleted, and no
>record of lost E-mail), you don't need anything else.
>
>Otherwise, you pay the bigger bucks for a program that is designed
>specifically to incorporate #1, #2, and #3 above, and that does claim to
>catch viruses in .eml files. That can be Symantec's NAVIEG (which combines
>#1, #2, and #3), IMail AntiVirus (which uses IMail as #1, and Symantec
>components as #2 and #3), Declude Virus (which uses IMail as #1, our
>components for #2, a desktop scanner for #3), or another program like
>NAVIEG (combining #1, #2, and #3).
>
> -Scott
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