From: Philip Reynolds (phil at domain redbrick.dcu.ie)
Date: Thu 19 Sep 2002 - 11:49:03 IST
Bruce Coker's [brucec at domain mgcs-consulting.com] 23 lines of wisdom included:
> Hi all,
> I need to virus-protect a bunch of Windows 98 machines running Outlook
> Express. Does anyone know whether it would be better to virus-scan email
> on the Linux mail server instead of (or as well as) on the Windows
> clients? What software would it be best to do this with? Is it also
> possible/worthwhile to scan files downloaded from the Internet on the
> server, i.e. provide virus-protection at the firewall rather than on the
> clients? Any help/suggestions and pointers to good resources would be
> appreciated. I'm looking for the cheapest, quickest, easiest solution,
> but as a friend of mine used to say, I'll settle for any two of the
On the Linux mail server, run POSTFIX! (simple to setup, defaults to
_not_ being an open relay, and has capabilities that you need for
virus scanning).
Vexira MailArmor seems to be highly approved¹, it's performance is
absolutely excellent, however depending on the actual users, it
might be overkill for your needs.
Personally, I would have a virus scanner on both ends, if it were
possible. However, if it's not, do it on the mail client end,
especially if you have people receiving mail from home or out of the
office.
MailArmor does support automatic updates of it's signatory database.
No doubt you'll get plenty of other options, but that's my 2ē.
Regards,
Phil.
¹ - http://www.centralcommand.com/
-- Philip Reynolds RFC Networks tel: 01 8832063 www.rfc-networks.ie fax: 01 8832041
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