norton anti-virus integration

anwoke8204 · Post by **anwoke8204** » 2006-09-28 00:15

Hi I use norton antivirus server here on my network as well, and was wondering if all I do is set the path to norton antivirus, or do I need to enter some switches as well. many thanks

cveillon · Post by **cveillon** » 2006-09-28 01:40

I think you'll have to point the path to Norton's command line exe scanner. Then you'll have to know the return value.

See: http://www.hmailserver.com/documentatio ... eturnvalue

... to find the return value.

I recommend you not use Norton and use ClamWin instead. It's a very low memory profile and works fantastic. Especially the auto-setup for hmailserver.

my two cents.

with best regards,
Chuck

iprat · Post by **iprat** » 2006-09-28 12:05

And it is very important to disable any Norton on-access-scan over the entire hMailServer directories, or hMailServer will suffer from temporary files being quarantined and other kind of disgusting issues.

woyzeck · Post by **woyzeck** » 2006-09-28 22:03

Hi I use norton antivirus server here on my network as well, and was wondering if all I do is set the path to norton antivirus, or do I need to enter some switches as well. many thanks

You may want to check your license agreement that came with your software. You may technically be able to do this but, you may not legally be able to do this. Symantec has gateway software for mailservers. The last version of this software that I used, I did not like for many reasons.

Also, I will second what iprat said about the on-access-scan. You will run into problems if you leave this on.

Woyzeck

anwoke8204 · Post by **anwoke8204** » 2006-09-29 01:26

K next question is then can I use norton antivirus for my network and clam win on the same computer and use clamwin for the e-mail
many thanks. I don't wan't to get rid of norton as I have the whole server/client working for my network here. and my webserver is also my norton server. many thanks

^DooM^ · Post by **^DooM^** » 2006-09-29 01:38

I don't see any reason why not. Clamwin is only used to scan emails. It is a server product at the end of the day and unless you tell it to it will not scan your system.

I use both CA Etrust and Clamwin on my servers with no ill effect.

minsik · Post by **minsik** » 2006-09-29 02:57

I suggest good policy, used Notrons for general pc and as a server of nortons for your other networked pc's ( just exclude the hmailserver and assp directories from real time scanning)
and install and use clam or other commandline AV scanner program as configured in hmailserver to scan emails etc.

Just make sure to exclude boot/memory and other options just scan the all files is also selected.. usually by parameters.

Good luck.

cveillon · Post by **cveillon** » 2006-09-29 20:42

Both should work just fine together without problems.

anwoke8204 · Post by **anwoke8204** » 2006-10-07 08:11

And it is very important to disable any Norton on-access-scan over the entire hMailServer directories, or hMailServer will suffer from temporary files being quarantined and other kind of disgusting issues.

how do I do this?

I was able to figure it out, the option was kind of hidden, do I wan't to have norton not scan the clamwin directory as well, or should i have norton scan the clamwin dir?