SCS v3.1.6MR6 - Internet Email

After reviewing the readme file in the SCS v3.1.6MR6 package
(yes some people do read them), I came across this little
bit of info, the parts bolded are why I am emailing:

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Internet E-mail Auto-Protect port changes are ignored
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The antivirus client Auto-Protect feature for Internet
E-mail Advanced Options lets you change the ports for POP3
and SMTP. The defaults for these ports are 110 and 25. The
antivirus client ignores changes to these defaults. This
issue applies to all email programs that use POP3 and SMTP,
including Microsoft Outlook.

If you change these defaults with the antivirus client but
your email program uses the defaults, Auto-Protect still
scans for risks in your email traffic. If your email program
does not use the defaults and you change the Auto-Protect
ports to match the ports used by your email program,
Auto-Protect does not scan for risks in your email traffic.

Am I understanding this correctly; if your email client
(Outlook in my case) uses non-default internet mail ports (
as everyone on this campus has to in order to connect to
CalMail), then Auto-Protect is NOT scanning for risks? This
seems a bit on the crazy side to me. Please tell me I'm
completely misunderstanding this.


__________________________________________
Edgar Ortega
Computer Resource Specialist
Campus Life and Leadership - U. C. Berkeley
(Formerly the Office of Student Life) 
2515 Channing Way #12
510-643-0305
sastechberkeley.edu



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Calmail requires encryption for POP3, authenticated SMTP,
and IMAP.
Encrypted connections to the mail server cannot be scanned
by the virus
scanner anyway so this issue is of no consequence to Calmail
users. If
you receive a virus infected email from Calmail or any other
mail server
and you are running Symantec, it will be caught either when
you try to
open it (provided auto-protect is active) or during the next
scheduled
scan. Those who have had their entire inboxes quarantined
know that this
can be frustrating, but protective.

Calmail scans email for viruses at the mail server. I would
urge all
campus mail server admins to offer email virus scanning --
there are
free products available for this purpose.

Allison Henry
System and Network Security
University of California, Berkeley
http://security.berkeley
.edu

OSL Tech wrote:
> After reviewing the readme file in the SCS v3.1.6MR6
package (yes
> some people do read them), I came across this little
bit of info, the
> parts bolded are why I am emailing:
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------
Internet E-mail
> Auto-Protect port changes are ignored 
> -----------------------------------------------------
The antivirus
> client Auto-Protect feature for Internet E-mail
Advanced Options lets
> you change the ports for POP3 and SMTP. The defaults
for these ports
> are 110 and 25. The antivirus client ignores changes to
these
> defaults. This issue applies to all email programs that
use POP3 and
> SMTP, including Microsoft Outlook.
> 
> If you change these defaults with the antivirus client
but your email
> program uses the defaults, Auto-Protect still scans for
risks in your
> email traffic. If your email program does not use the
defaults and
> you change the Auto-Protect ports to match the ports
used by your
> email program, Auto-Protect does not scan for risks in
your email
> traffic.
> 
> Am I understanding this correctly; if your email client
(Outlook in
> my case) uses non-default internet mail ports ( as
everyone on this
> campus has to in order to connect to CalMail), then
Auto-Protect is
> NOT scanning for risks? This seems a bit on the crazy
side to me.
> Please tell me I'm completely misunderstanding this.
> 
> 
> __________________________________________ Edgar Ortega
Computer
> Resource Specialist Campus Life and Leadership - U. C.
Berkeley 
> (Formerly the Office of Student Life) 2515 Channing Way
#12 
> 510-643-0305 sastechberkeley.edu
> 
> 
> 
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We're looking to possibly purchase a new high-duty-cycle (at
least 60,000
pages/month duty cycle) monochrome or color laser to be used
by students in
our program.  Does anyone have any practical
advice/experience they could
share regarding automatic vs manual duplex printers (do
automatic duplexers
break down more, do they really save on time and/or paper,
is it a feature
that students really want/need)?  Thanks for any
advice/suggestions you can
provide.

Sincerely,

-Sean Frye


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Hi Sean,
I've been using duplex printing in the labs for two years. 
I won't go 
back. 
(Previously, several students complained that duplex was not
an option.)
But, it is not required.  They can choose single or double.
The big improvement (savings) was when print quotas became
de jour...jay



Sean Frye wrote:
> We're looking to possibly purchase a new
high-duty-cycle (at least 60,000
> pages/month duty cycle) monochrome or color laser to be
used by students in
> our program.  Does anyone have any practical
advice/experience they could
> share regarding automatic vs manual duplex printers (do
automatic duplexers
> break down more, do they really save on time and/or
paper, is it a feature
> that students really want/need)?  Thanks for any
advice/suggestions you can
> provide.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> -Sean Frye
>
>
>
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We run several HP duplexing printers (2200d, 2300d, 2420) in
shared 
environments, and they simply never jam. All of these keep
an 
internal log of failure history, and they are very clean.

Now that most product and software manuals are electronic, I
use the 
duplex feature extensively to print chapters for study.
Others print 
documents for proofing at a savings in paper, shelf space
and carry weight.

I now order single-side printers only for the most basic
single-user 
applications.


Ted Crum
Psychology Dept


At 05:08 PM 7/16/07, Sean Frye wrote:
>We're looking to possibly purchase a new high-duty-cycle
(at least 60,000
>pages/month duty cycle) monochrome or color laser to be
used by students in
>our program.  Does anyone have any practical
advice/experience they could
>share regarding automatic vs manual duplex printers (do
automatic duplexers
>break down more, do they really save on time and/or
paper, is it a feature
>that students really want/need)?  Thanks for any
advice/suggestions you can
>provide.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>-Sean Frye
>
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We had excellent luck with a Xerox Phaser 4500 for the year
and a half I 
had it duplexing away in Giannini - several hundred K pages.
People 
chose to duplex about 2/3 of all output. Most definitely
saved on time 
and paper, and did not break down or jam significantly. (One
problem 
with the printer was that it seemed to choke on refilled
toner cartridges.)

Rob

Sean Frye wrote:
> We're looking to possibly purchase a new
high-duty-cycle (at least 60,000
> pages/month duty cycle) monochrome or color laser to be
used by students in
> our program.  Does anyone have any practical
advice/experience they could
> share regarding automatic vs manual duplex printers (do
automatic duplexers
> break down more, do they really save on time and/or
paper, is it a feature
> that students really want/need)?  Thanks for any
advice/suggestions you can
> provide.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> -Sean Frye

-- 
Rob Weinberg
Programmer Analyst II
Tech Support for IB
robweinbergberkeley.edu

Department of Integrative Biology
3060 VLSB
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
510-642-2917

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