We run MacAfee on our servers, which includes teh one used by IMAIL ... speed does not seem to be a problem UNLESS you have McAfee set to scan ALL FILES. This will cause the AV to scan every file that runs or is opend on the server anywhere! including all the spool files.
Set it to only scan "program" files (this does include things like html files which would normally be attached or embedded in emails) but it doesn't slow the server down. Regards, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 13:08:59 -0400 > >>Ahh, I just found out about another program that was recently installed >>that could be the culprit...McAfee Viruscan. I need to do some testing, >>but that might be what is slowing things down. Anyone else running McAfee >>Viruscan on your IMAIL server? Any problems with speed? > >Are you running it by itself (to help prevent the server from getting >infected), or with Declude (to help prevent the spread of viruses to >users)? If you are using it just to help protect the server, you may want >to exclude the user directories (the ones with the .mbx files in them), and >possibly the spool directory as well. The .mbx files can take a long time >to scan when they get big, and they have to get scanned very often (at >least once for each E-mail that is received, but the entire .mbx file gets >scanned, not just the new E-mail, and McAfee probably can't detect many/any >viruses in the .mbx file). > >If you disable the scanning of the user directories, it should improve your >performance quite a bit. > > -Scott >--- >Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for >IMail. http://www.declude.com > >--- >[This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > > > >______________________________________________________________________ >The HKSI-IMail Admin List is hosted by........ Humankind Systems, Inc. >Questions, Comments or Complain like Hell.. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Message Archive... http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.4 >To Manage your Subscription......... http://humankindsystems.com/lists > ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE KillerWebMail account at http://killerwebmail.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- Want to host your own KillerWebMail server? Buy IMail Server plus KillerWebMail from Humankind Systems... http://humankindsystems.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- Does your company need to route, track and archive email between your customers and staff? If so, check out AnswerTrack Server at http://www.AnswerTrack.com... the Lite version is completely FREE! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Books just wanna be free - http://BookCrossing.com - Read & Release! ______________________________________________________________________ The HKSI-IMail Admin List is hosted by........ Humankind Systems, Inc. Questions, Comments or Complain like Hell.. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Message Archive... http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.4 To Manage your Subscription......... http://humankindsystems.com/lists
