How do the POP3 and Outlook mail scanning features work?
When you download email from your server using POP3, typically messages are written into a single database mailbox file or a file for each mail folder. Mail messages themsevles are not written to individual files. The POP3 scanning feature of the OfficeScan client allow you to scan the actual text content of your POP3 messages as they are read and/or retrieved from the server. The POP3 mail scanning feature is currently only compatible with Outlook Express and Eudora and will not work with SSL-enabled POP connections, APOP connections, or Secure Password Authentication (SPA) in Outlook Express. Since all Rutgers e-mail services now require a secure connection, POP3 Email scanning will not work with Rutgers e-mail accounts. The Outlook mail scan feature simply scans the mail messages in your your Personal Folders, which either reside locally on your computer or on your Exchange server. Outlook mail scanning does not occur in real-time meaning that you must perform a manual scan on the m
When you download e-mail from your server using POP3, typically messages are written into a single database mailbox file or a file for each mail folder. Mail messages themselves are not written to individual files. The POP3 scanning feature of the OfficeScan client allows you to scan the actual text content of your POP3 messages as they are read and/or retrieved from the server. The POP3 mail scanning feature is currently only compatible with Outlook Express and Eudora and will not work with SSL-enabled POP connections, APOP connections, or Secure Password Authentication (SPA) in Outlook Express.