RE: Schedule incoming external mail

  • From: "Mark Fugatt" <mark@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:26:58 -0400

I really don't think that is an effective method for dealing with virus
protection, I have AV software running, and I don't stop my smtp mail at
anytime and I have not got hit with a virus in over a year.

But, to answer your question, you cannot stop incoming SMTP mail on a
schedule. 


Mark Fugatt

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From: jh [mailto:jthart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:01 PM
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Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Schedule incoming external mail

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Reason:

On a number of occassions we've had infected messages come through prior to
there being an antivirus pattern release to combat it.  The idea is to
reduce our exposure by halting incoming external mail at night (in our case,
nightly external mail is mostly spam) which increases the likelyhood of an
approriate pattern release.

My only other thought was some form of holding area on our server but
stopping the external mail seems simpler to me.

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