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<P><FONT SIZE=2>You don't experience any problems running Sophos.install while MailScanner/Sophos are running?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>No uninstall necessary?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Derek Winkler</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Security Administrator </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Algorithmics Inc., Toronto </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Tel: (416) 217-4107 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Fax: (416) 971-6263 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>www.algorithmics.com </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: MailScanner mailing list [<A HREF="mailto:MAILSCANNER@JISCMAIL.AC.UK">mailto:MAILSCANNER@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</A>]On</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Behalf Of Jason Balicki</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 4:27 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: MAILSCANNER@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: Sophos updates</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>>Does the automatic Sophos updating process installed with MailScanner</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>include engine updates or just new virus signatures?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>MailScanner only updates the ide files. You can use a script</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>called MajorSophos to download the engine, then run the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sophos.install script included with MS. I run it all from</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>cron on a monthly basis.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>>The mail logs show new Sophos ide files every hour on most</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>days. Are virus</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>signatures updated that often or is this an artifact of the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>update script?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>In my experience, Sophos updates frequently, but to answer the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>question I think you're asking: no, it's probably not Sophos</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>updating every hour. The autoupdate script does check every</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>hour, and AFAIK, it reports a sucessful update wether you needed</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the update or not -- that's what you're seeing in your logs.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>You can find MajorSophos here:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.tippingmar.com/majorsophos/" TARGET="_blank">http://www.tippingmar.com/majorsophos/</A></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>--J(K)</FONT>
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