We have removed our previous mail server and have installed a Sendmail/Qpopper *nix server running John D Hardin's procmail sanitizer to block certain content and many many types of file attachement.
http://www.wolfenet.com/~jhardin/ Viruses have dropped by 99%. Removing access to HOTMAIL will also be a good idea. - Chris Payne On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 13:45:38 -0500, Ferguson, Scott wrote: >we took pop3 away from our users not long ago due to virus concerns, technically the >desktop software will scan attachments/emails if configured properly, but we like to >control the specific types of attachments they can/cannot receive and scan all mail >at the server level first > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 5:00 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: POP3 > > > > >My users want me to to give them POP3 access via > >the firewall. We have an Exchange Server runnig with > >a Checkpoint Firewall. Are there any security issues > >that I need to watch out > - - Chris Payne Network Administrator Physical Resources Dept, University of Guelph (519)824-4120 x2882 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
