I noticed the option on my OfficeScan client to scan mail. Do I need to enable this option to ensure that my mail is safe?
If your email system is scanning your mail, this is not necessary or advised. For most people on the USC campus, there are already spyware and virus scans being run on your University e-mail, so this is not necessary. The default OfficeScan client installation scans all files, including email attachments, as they are opened and will not allow file execution if a virus is detected. The Scan Mail function is designed to scan email stored and viewed on the email server if the server doesn’t have its own antivirus. Our research found the Scan Mail function to be incompatible with our GroupWise configuration.
