User manual AVG EMAIL SERVER EDITION 2011

[. . . ] A ll rights res erved. 1 Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AVG Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. 1 Operation Systems Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] For the detailed information on the VSAPI 2. 0/2. 5 please refer to the following links (and also the links accessible from the referenced ones): · http://support. microsoft. com/default. aspx?scid=kb;enus;328841&Product=exch2k - for information on Exchange and antivirus software interaction · http://support. microsoft. com/default. aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823166 for information on additional VSAPI 2. 5 features in Exchange 2003 Server application. There are also these sub-items available in the following tree structure: · · Detection actions Mail filtering 4. 5. Technical Notice This information relates to situation when you install and use both VSAPI and routing Transport Agent on a Hub Exchange role. In such case, your e-mail messages will be scanned twice (first by the VSAPI on-access scanner and then by the routing Transport Agent). Due to the way the VSAPI interface works, there might occur some inconsistencies in scanning results as well as unnecessary load. Therefore, to avoid duplicated scanning, A V G E mail Server E dition 2 0 1 1 © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. A ll rights res erved. 20 we recommend a small fix (see below) to resolve this issue instantly. We recommend that before you edit the registry, you back up the registry and understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. Open the Registry editor (Windows menu Start/Run, type in regedit and press enter). Navigate to the following branch: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeIS\Vi rusScan Right-click in the right part of the window and from the context menu select New/ DWORD (32-bit) value. And finally, to apply the change to the MS Exchange server, you need to set ReloadNow value to 1. Reset statistical values - resets all the stats to zero. The working buttons are as follows: · · Settings - use this button to open settings of the component. Back - press this button to return to the Server components overview. A V G E mail Server E dition 2 0 1 1 © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. A ll rights res erved. 26 You will find more information on individual settings of all components in the chapters below. 5. 2. E-mail Scanner for MS Exchange (VSAPI) This item contains settings of the E-mail Scanner for MS Exchange (VSAPI). The Basic Settings section contains the following options: · · Enable component - uncheck to disable the whole component. Language - select preferred component language. The Logging settings section: · Log file size - choose a preferred size of the log file. Default value: 100 MB. The Scan settings section: · Background Scan ­ you can enable or disable the background scanning process here. Background scanning is one of the features of the VSAPI 2. 0/2. 5 application interface. Whenever an item that has not been scanned with the latest AVG A V G E mail Server E dition 2 0 1 1 © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. A ll rights res erved. 27 virus base update is encountered in the users' mailbox folders, it is submitted to AVG for Exchange Server to be scanned. A specific low priority thread is used for each database, which guarantees other tasks (e. g. e-mail messages storage in the Microsoft Exchange database) are always carried out preferentially. [. . . ] Once you have such a list of senders and/or domain names prepared, you can enter them by either of the following methods: by direct entry of each e-mail address or by importing the whole list of addresses at once. The following control buttons are available: · Edit - press this button to open a dialog, where you can manually enter a list of addresses (you can also use copy and paste). Insert one item (sender, domain name) per line. A V G E mail Server E dition 2 0 1 1 © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. A ll rights res erved. 48 · Import - you can import your existing e-mail addresses by selecting this button. [. . . ]