We Have a similiar set up to yours jon, And we also had a problem with Hotmail and the like. What we have done is implement WebSense and block all web-mail sites.
-----Original Message----- From: Jon Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 11:02 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Email Virus Protection We have MIMESweeper between our firewall and our Exchange server. It's great at protecting us from worms e-mailed to the firm. It works with third-party AV software (we use Sophos but if I had to choose today I'd probably go with Trend), plus we've set up rules to quarantine all files with specific extensions (see the Extensions to Block thread from last week). What it can't do is protect us from users with hotmail accounts, etc. Two users last week launched Goner from their hotmail and MSN accounts, thereby infecting the firm. Because of MIMESweeper nobody else was infected, but still. We're considering putting WebSweeper on the same box as MIMESweeper. I expect we'll make a decision within the next two or three weeks. We also use NAV Corporate Edition on the desktop. Fantastic management capabilities but Symantec tends to be late to the party with their definitions. They had defs for Goner by noon but didn't tell anyone. I found out through this list (thank you, Barry). -----Original Message----- From: BY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 6:31 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Email Virus Protection Hello Group, If you have a choice as an Exchange Administrator, would you prefer to protect your Exchange environment by installing an e-mail filtering product (gateway) at the DMZ area instead of installing an anti-virus mail product on the machine running Exchange Server? I prefer an gateway solution because I have no confident to complicate my Exchange environment if possible. It seems to me that sometimes Exchange cannot get along well with these products. By doing that, do you think I would be able to filter both incoming and outgoing mails from virus infection? According to my last year's investigation, Trendmicro was the highly recommended one to be running on Exchange server. Is this still the case? I am reviewing the solution again since the management is ready now. I would also appreciate your recommendation which e-mail filtering product you like. Also, if budget is an issue, should I introduce an antivirus product for Exchange Server or an e-mail filtering gateway product ? Thank you for your contribution. BY _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please immediately notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
