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"Subject: Norton SystemWorks [SET UP YOUR E-MAIL SCANNER - 02/07/2001]
SET UP YOUR E-MAIL SCANNER [ part I ]
Norton AntiVirus provides an additional layer of protection beyond
Auto-Protect's background scan by intercepting and scanning e-mail
attachments for viruses as they are retrieved.
With E-mail Protection enabled, Norton AntiVirus creates a proxy
server that intercepts and scans your e-mail for viruses before they
reach your e-mail program. Without E-mail Protection enabled, your
e-mail client connects directly to your ISP's mail server and
downloads the mail. Your system may still be secure this way, but it's
always best to be safe.
Norton AntiVirus recognizes and configures protection for Microsoft
Outlook Express 4.0/5.X, Microsoft Outlook 97/98/2000, Netscape
Messenger 4.x, Eudora Light 3.0, Eudora Pro 4.0, Pegasus Mail 3.0,
Becky Internet Mail 1.26, and AL-Mail32 1.11. Most POP3 e-mail
clients, including many shareware clients, require manual
configuration. Norton AntiVirus doesn't support AOL or Web-based
e-mail clients like Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail.
The procedure to configure an e-mail client manually for protection
requires changes in Norton AntiVirus and in the e-mail client, the
latter varying with the client.
If your e-mail client program is not listed in the E-mail Protection
list in the Norton AntiVirus window, click Options in the SystemWorks
main toolbar and select Norton Antivirus. Under the Internet heading,
select E-mail Protection, Advanced. Check Enable Manual Configuration.
Click OK to save your settings and exit the Options dialog box.
Stay tuned--you'll have to do the rest of the work in your e-mail
client.
MORE ON THE E-MAIL SCANNER [ part II ]
For Norton AntiVirus to intercept and scan e-mail attachments for
viruses before they arrive on your desktop, you must configure your
e-mail client for retrieval via a proxy server.
This is not necessary for Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0/5.x, Microsoft
Outlook 97/98/2000, Netscape Messenger 4.x, Eudora Light 3.0, Eudora
Pro 4.0, Pegasus Mail 3.0, Becky Internet Mail 1.26, and AL-Mail32
1.11. Also, Norton AntiVirus doesn't support AOL or Web-based e-mail
clients like Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail. But POP3 e-mail clients,
including many shareware clients, require manual configuration.
To keep your e-mail server from timing out while it scans your e-mail
attachments, Norton AntiVirus creates a virtual proxy server on your
hard drive. E-mail downloads to the proxy server instead of directly
to your e-mail program. Once the proxy server has scanned the messages
for viruses and other malicious code, it sends them to the Inbox of
your e-mail program. To do this, Norton AntiVirus must modify your
e-mail program's settings with the address of the virtual proxy server
on your hard drive.
Assuming you've already made the necessary changes in the Norton
AntiVirus Options menu, open the Options menu of your e-mail client
and put one of these addresses as the name for the incoming mail
server. Norton AntiVirus 2000 uses the address 127.0.0.; Norton
AntiVirus 2001 uses the address pop3.norton.antivirus, so under Mail
Server you might see pop3.norton.antivirus. The syntax will vary
according to your e-mail client. See its documentation for
instructions on changing these settings.
The Symantec Knowledge Base contains a variety of help documents on
configuring many e-mail clients.
Point your browser to:
symantec.com
Then type in your version of Norton AntiVirus in the boxes provided.
Good luck!" |
