RE: Virus for user email
- From: Andrea Coppini <AndreaCoppini@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 16:39:54 +0200
Hi Robert,
Don't get me wrong. I wasn't saying McAfee is better than Mail Essentials
in any way. I have never used Mail Essentials so I can't compare..
I just listed the features that I like about McAfee.
Reviewing the original request, I guess both McAfee and GFI are out of
Marvin's budget.
Marvin, you might want to try one of the free/low-cost 'personal' virus
scanners and adapt it to your needs. Some of these work by acting as a
'mail proxy' (ie. You set your mail client to use 127.0.0.1 as the mail
server, then set the REAL mail server within the program itself.).
To run this sort of virus scanner on the same machine as exchange:
1> You must change the default SMTP port of the Windows/Exchange SMTP
Service
2> You must set your virus scanner to forward all 'outgoing' mail to this
127.0.0.1 server (on the new port that you chose for Windows/Exchange SMTP
service).
This way, any incoming SMTP connections will be initiated with the Virus
Scanner, NOT with Exchange directly. The virus scanner will then forward
them to the Exch Server.
You will have to do some extensive research into this, because most of these
virus-scanners only allow incoming connections from the Localhost (this is
to avoid relaying). You will need one that has configurable inbound
filters.
Regards
Andrea
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Abela [mailto:robert@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 20 August 2002 4:12 PM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Virus for user email
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Hi Andrea,
MailSecurity autoupdates as well and you have attachment checking integrated
as well and other features like content checking etc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrea Coppini [mailto:AndreaCoppini@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 4:03 PM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Virus for user email
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Correction... You WROTE MailSecurity... :-P
I have never used MailSecurity myself, so I can't judge. We use McAfee
Groupshield. It's literally a fire-and-forget virus scanner. Autoupdates,
never fails (touch wood), viruses are blocked as they come in/go out plus a
scan is done on all mailboxes nightly.
We never had a single virus infection (again.. *Knock* *knock*) in 2 years.
Regards
Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Abela [mailto:robert@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 20 August 2002 3:59 PM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Virus for user email
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We use MailSecurity from GFI. It is good, it got 3 different virus scan
engines as well, not just 1 like all others.
http://www.gfi.com/mailsecurity/
-----Original Message-----
From: Marvin Cummings [mailto:marvc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 3:23 PM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] Virus for user email
http://www.MSExchange.org/
What's the best way for me to protect my E2K mail server from potential
virus' that may come from outside email? Lets say I run E2K at home and I
allow incoming mail from the internet for a couple of my accounts and users.
My network uses Norton 2000, but I don't have the email client of it. Anyone
know of an "inexpensive" way of doing this? Any response is appreciated.
I'm just a poor poor out of work admin trying to maintain his skills...:->
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removed automatically. Key features
include: Multiple virus engines; Email content & attachment
checking; Exploit shield - email intrusion detection & defence;
Email threats engine - analyses & defuses HTML scripts,
.exe files & more.
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FAXmaker fax server & GFI LANguard network security product
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