Why use an anti-virus scanner under MailMarshal?
So what benefits do you get from running an anti-virus scanner under MailMarshal, compared with a typical installation of an anti-virus scanner on a server? • Virus-infected messages are safely quarantined at the gateway and are not sent on to your mail server. • Messages can be viewed safely via the Console. • Email notifications can be sent to the administrator, sender, or recipients. • High visibility – see at a glance all infected messages. • Thoroughness – MailMarshal first unpacks a message and then runs the scanner across each component. • Ability to run multiple anti-virus scanners at once. How does MailMarshal utilize anti-virus scanners? Anti-virus scanners are installed on the MailMarshal server and are either run from a special dll-based interface (e.g. Marshal with McAfee, Sophos or Norman), or from a command line (e.g. InoculateIT or McAfee command line), using parameters set up in the MailMarshal Configurator. When a message is processed, MailMarshal unpacks each message
