I don't think so...I am running the Imail AV add-on which is symantec
carrierscan. I have an Anti virus tab in the Imail admin but it provides no
info. Only whether or not it is enabled or not etc...I was hoping someone
could tell me a way  to tell if it is downloading the virus def's
automaticly as it is designed to do or tell me away to verify that it even
works.

I am asking because the many sobig's that came in last night were caught by
my filters and forwarded to my infected box. 2 slipped past the filters...I
am wondering if the def's are up to date in Imail AV then why is he not
catching them instead of my filters? So, I just want to find a way to verify
the Imail AV add-on is doing it's job...for 1000 a year I pay...

Jim

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David
Lewis-Waller
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 11:48 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Imail AV


Imail 7.10 doesn't support AV scanning by default, this was introduced
in version 8 so any virus definitions files are those that have been
integrated by a third party product. To determine what definitions are
current will depend in what AV has been installed. In many cases IMail
admins will be updating their definition files using a task scheduler or
possibly in response to an automated email from the AV vendor.

In either case it's not too difficult to devise a script that can
determine the timestamp of the definition files on the mail server. As
an example we use F-Prot and have a task that runs a simple vbs script
every hour. The script runs the F-Prot updater via a shell dos command
then parses the defs directory returning a list of files and timestamps
if an update has taken place. A negative email is sent to just show the
system is working and hasn't stalled for whatever reason.

Is this what your were after?

David

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Bruner
Sent: 21 August 2003 17:31
To: Imail Forum (E-mail)
Subject: [IMail Forum] Imail AV


Probably a stupid question but is there any way to tell what the current
virus definition file is? Or, if the auto update function is actually
working and keeping the def's up to dat? I am running IMail 7.10...

TIA
Jim


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