Re: SBS2003 setup w/out using POP3 Connector & the Anti-virus implicat

From: Steve Foster [SBS MVP] (steve.foster_at_picamar.co.uk)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 12:28:46 -0800

Eric wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I setup a SBS2003 Standard Server a bit differently than I usually do.
In
> this setup there are only three clients, and they all need emails to
come in
> really quick. Therefore, I decided not to use the POP3 connector
because of
> its limitations to download at the quickest of only every 15 minutes (if
> anyone knows how to speed this up, let me know). Instead, I setup the
> Outlook 2003 clients to download the POP3 mail itself, and then place it
in
> the Inbox which resides on the client's account on the Exchange server.

Fastest delivery of email would be to use SMTP.

>
> With previous setups, I've used either Trend Micro's
Client/Server/Messaging
> Suite for SMB or Symantec Antivirus with Groupware protection to protect
> clients and Exchange.
>
> With this setup, I am using Symantec Antivirus Corp Ed v9 with
protection on
> SBS2003 server and on all the clients.
>
> My Question: Is this less secure? Am I at risk for corrupting the
Exchange
> store on the server? Any other foreseeable concerns?

My gut instinct says it would be less secure, but it really depends on
whether the AV software running on the client is actually up to dealing
with virus-laden email. Normally, virus-laden email would never even be
seen by a user (the Exchange AV would dump it, or prevent it from ever
hitting mailboxes), but with this scenario, it will probably be seen.

My second comment would be that I don't trust Symantec at all, for
anything. I've seen too much software that becomes part of the Symantec
stable go downhill. 

-- 
Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
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