-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 We also took away pop3 for virus concerns. Even if you have a scanner like McAfee setup, with a feature like mailscan enabled (so the virus scanner checks mail as it comes into outlook, there is a change that (even if automated) the virus definition files the scanner is using are out of date, and more importatly, if the users system has become unstable or for whatever reason the virus scanner may not even be running. If the virus scanner is set up as a service and permission isn't given to the user, the user can't change parameters or turn off the scanning, but if Word crashes, and Word was the default email editor for Outlook, and VirusScanning was integrated into Outlook then the virus service may stop. Then the user opens Outlook but doesn't restart the computer (since permissions that's the only way to get the vscan service to start) then email virus' coming in over pop3 are not scanned.
I realize that automatically restart service paramters and such can be set, but any number of things can crash the service. If we disable pop3 and make everyone go though the exchange (or notes or whatever) server, then we only have to worry about scanning at the server. - -t - -----Original Message----- From: Ferguson, Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 12:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: POP3 we took pop3 away from our users not long ago due to virus concerns, technically the desktop software will scan attachments/emails if configured properly, but we like to control the specific types of attachments they can/cannot receive and scan all mail at the server level first - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 5:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: POP3 My users want me to to give them POP3 access via the firewall. We have an Exchange Server runnig with a Checkpoint Firewall. Are there any security issues that I need to watch out -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBPH0RueNpgK+KgsrYEQIIFgCdGjyRTf/hO9ajQPv6dy70UrK95H8AnR2U hHpV7Rx+TPvvZ21xLvQudHsH =fbi3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
