Sophos + Mailscanner Why both??

[Shane Kelly]

Hi Garry,
	Mailscanner is an engine that checks filenames, expands compressed emails, 
checks against rules, but does not scan for virus signatures within e-mails. 
It uses Sophos sweep (or McAfee) to do the this for it. Therefore for 
protection against viruses, and perhaps mailicious attachments that can do 
damage to your computer, you need both. Its pretty much all we use here for 
fontline mailscanning and virus detection.


Regards,
	Shane Kelly

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Shane Kelly
Network Controller
Ayr College
01292 265184
s.kelly at ayrcoll.ac.uk



On Wednesday 28 November 2001 12:54, you wrote:
> I've been lurking in this list for some time, trying to understand
> mailscanner and its relationship with Sophos Sweep.
>
> Can someone enlighten me and tell me why I need mailscanner as well as
> Sweep...
>
> Is sweep on its own not sufficient to act as an email scanner.
>
> tia
> garry crothers

-- 
Shane Kelly
Network Controller
Ayr College
01292 265184
s.kelly at ayrcoll.ac.uk