Symantec Email proxy

[Guest]

What is a symantec email proxy? How do I fix an error with in it.

 

[kurttrail]

What is a symantec email proxy? How do I fix an error with in it.

Uninstall everything to do with Symantec and Norton!

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[TaurArian [MVP]]

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[PA Bear]

Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It provides no
additional protection and even Symantec says it's not necessary:

<paste>
Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions.
</paste>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106

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[Plato]

Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It provides no
additional protection and even Symantec says it's not necessary:

In other words, it's redundant.

 

[Lil' Dave]

In other words, it's redundant.

Sort of, but not in the same sense. If the AV mailscanner detects a virus,
it won't allow downloading of that file. Same for outgoing mail, won't send
the file as part of the email.

With just NAV on, the virus does get to your email inbox and thus on your
PC. Get's detected after the fact.

So, the mailscanner makes more sense to me to be enabled/on. Irregardless
of Symantec or anyone else's opinion.

 

[Wilf]

Lil' Dave said ...

Sort of, but not in the same sense. If the AV mailscanner detects a virus,
it won't allow downloading of that file. Same for outgoing mail, won't send
the file as part of the email.

Not strictly true since the mailscanner can't scan something that is not
already on your PC. It does however draw your attention to it which may
be better than it sittinmg on your computer until you actually access
the file.

 

[Plato]

Sort of, but not in the same sense. If the AV mailscanner detects a virus,

I'll buy that.

So, the mailscanner makes more sense to me to be enabled/on. Irregardless
of Symantec or anyone else's opinion.

If its not causing any problems, then by all means use it. Howerver, it
is very common for it TO cause problems, or, if you are having a problem
with email, then disable it.

 

[Borg hater]

Lil' Dave said ...
Not strictly true since the mailscanner can't scan something that is not
already on your PC. It does however draw your attention to it which may
be better than it sittinmg on your computer until you actually access
the file.

Apparently you're not familiar with NAV's email scanner. Basically, it
works like this:
Email is downloaded and forwarded to a email scanner proxy site. This is
where the email is scanned for viruses. Email has not reached your desktop
at that time.

 

[Borg hater]

virus,

I'll buy that.


If its not causing any problems, then by all means use it. Howerver, it
is very common for it TO cause problems, or, if you are having a problem
with email, then disable it.

The proxy setup is what usually screws up, either by a configuration
problem, or a firewall restraint the user is unaware of. If you can't fix
it, yes, by all means remove the enable checkmark for it in NAV's
configuration setup. This will allow receipt of email without proxy virus
scanning.

If it does work, by all means use it.

 

[Wilf]

Borg hater said ...

Apparently you're not familiar with NAV's email scanner. Basically, it
works like this:
Email is downloaded and forwarded to a email scanner proxy site. This is
where the email is scanned for viruses. Email has not reached your desktop
at that time.

So are you saying that the email scanner somehow moves the email to
another computer somewhere else without ever first having to download
the data it is scanning to your PC?