Re: Antivirus with SSL E-mail Servers
From: Malke (noreply_at_invalid.com)
Date: 02/07/05
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Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 06:30:39 -0800
Lynn Q wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Have investigated this problem with no luck on many fronts. The ISP,
> Symantec, many Google searches, and so on.
>
> My ISP upgraded their e-mail servers from pop1 and smtp1 (for
> simplicity) to
> a new format, i.e., pophm and smtphm. This caused many problems for
> my
> Norton AntiVirus 2005. It appears there is no resolution to be found
> with
> Symantec who suggest turning off the e-mail scanning. However, I
> still get
> errors. The only way my e-mail will send and receive is to have no
> antivirus whatsoever installed. Otherwise... conflicts...
>
> I am using Windows XP Pro SP2. I connect with a dial-up modem which
> then
> uses a satellite modem (need for speed). The satellite modem has
> problems with these servers; however, if I connect with dial-up
> networking alone, I
> still have errors and cannot send any e-mails. I have spoken with the
> satellite modem support staff. No resolution there either. All in
> all I have spent a few days on the phone with the various companies,
> e-mailed support sites, but just now remembered this group.
>
> So, I need to find an antivirus package that will work with these SSL
> pophm
> and smtphm e-mail servers. I have investigated many, but without
> luck, so
> hoping someone here might have an idea or two. It quite clearly
> states in many product packages that they will not work with SSL.
>
And your satellite ISP doesn't have any answers and/or recommendations
to solve the mess *they* created? I'd say "get another ISP", but if
you're using satellite you probably don't have any other choices.
Since you didn't say which av's you've already investigated ("many" is
too vague), I don't see the sense in just listing a dozen or so.
Here are some suggestions:
1. Switch ISP's.
2. Get your own domain name and have it hosted by a good hosting company
(this isn't an ad, but I like mine - HostingMatters) which will then
host your email. This is quite inexpensive. I think the lowest package
HM has is something like $6/month. You don't have to use the ISP's
email servers then and can use normal av solutions.
2a. Use Yahoo or Hotmail instead and not the ISP's email.
3. Set up a Linux box for email and install SpamAssassin and Kaspersky
or the like, and set the Windows boxen to get their mail from it. This
is a pretty high-tech solution, but I don't know your skill set.
Bottom line - don't bother using the ISP's email servers.
Malke
-- MS MVP - Windows Shell/User Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!"
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