If you want realtime scanning on the server, you need to select a different scanner.
Realtime scanning of the indicated directories on a mail server is a no-no. You should use a command line scanner or gateway server for mail scanning. Darin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "john cesta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Plato, Art" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 1:49 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] f-prot locks mail boxes On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 13:11:37 -0500, Plato, Art wrote: > In order to prevent this type of problem I excluded the real time > scanner when I installed F-Prot. Doesn't that defeat the purpose of the program Art ? John > > -----Original Message----- > From: john cesta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 1:03 PM > To: Darin Cox > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] f-prot locks mail boxes > > > On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 12:09:40 -0500, Darin Cox wrote: >> With any mail server, realtime scanning should exclude the >> spool/queue directory, log directories, and user mailbox >> directories. >> > You can't change this in f-prot realtime scanner. Unfortunately. > > John > >> >> Darin. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "john cesta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Kevin Rogers" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 12:02 PM >> Subject: [IMail Forum] f-prot locks mail boxes >> >> >> I use f-prot on my server with iMAIL. f-prot works well but the >> realtime scanner sometimes locks mail boxes on occasion. When this >> happens the email client cannot get mail. And the web messaging >> can't retrieve mail either. >> >> We have to go in and change the mail.mbx to another name and let >> it >> get created again. Out of 1500 accounts it only happens every few >> months. Even though I can see the realtime scanner catching >> viruses >> it only locks boxes every now and then. >> >> Does anyone have any insight on this or a possible solution? >> >> I like f-prot it does work well but the realtime portion doesn't >> clean viruses. >> >> Thanks, >> >> John Cesta >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >> List Archive: http://www.mail- >> archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: >> http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >> List Archive: http://www.mail- >> archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: >> http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail- > archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail- > archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
