Art is most likely using either MXGuard or Declude. With this type of setup, you don't install the on-access scanner, just an on-demand scanner, and MXGuard or Declude is called by Imail for every message so that the incoming and outgoing emails are all scanned for viruses. This works perfectly (and inexpensively) if you are looking for an email virus scanner.
If you also want to protect the actual server from viruses, you will need to use a virus program that will allow you to exclude your spool and mailbox directories. If an on-access scanner detects a virus in a mailbox, it will delete the entire mailbox. If it detects a virus in the spool, it will delete the message, leaving behind the Q.smd file for that message. The Imail logs will not indicate what happened to the message. That is why those two directories need to be excluded. HTH -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of john cesta Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 1:50 PM To: Plato, Art 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/
