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+ | ====== Using Norton Antivirus (NAV) with POPFile ====== | ||
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+ | Norton Antivirus works as a transparent email proxy. That is, it passes along requests from your email client to your email server. | ||
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+ | To use POPFile and NAV together, do the following: | ||
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+ | NAV should opperate between your email server (e.g. // | ||
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+ | || **POP port** | ||
+ | ||**Note** | ||
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+ | This allows NAV to check for viruses before they reach POPFile or your mail client. | ||
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+ | ===== Instructions ===== | ||
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+ | * Note that before installing POPFile, the mail client contains the following entries:< | ||
+ | pop3 server: pop.isp.net | ||
+ | username: user</ | ||
+ | * where // | ||
+ | * Generally the port for the mail server is specified elsewhere in your mail client and //110// is the most common setting. | ||
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+ | * NAV will pass along requests from your mail client to // | ||
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+ | * Install POPFile ([[HowTos: | ||
+ | * Using http:// | ||
+ | * Change the mail client' | ||
+ | pop3 server: 127.0.0.1 | ||
+ | username: pop.isp.net: | ||
+ | pop3 port: 123</ | ||
+ | * The above setup tells the mail client to contact POPFile on IP address // | ||
+ | * POPFile will examine the username and strip off the left side of the username (where the //:// is the division point), and use that to contact the virus scanner on // | ||
+ | * Just like it did before POPFile was installed, NAV will use the email username to contact the real mail server on port //110//. | ||
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+ | **Note:** If you use 110 in POPFile and in your email, NAV will scan every email twice (once at POPFile' | ||
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+ | See also: | ||
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+ | * //Configure Specific Mail Clients// on the [[:HowTos | How Tos]] page | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
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