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End point anti-virus email alerts - SMTP Authentication

ChrisH

Hey guys,

I'm being told from my hosting provider that there is no way to get our Sophos virus killer to use SMTP authentication to send virus alerts.  They are insisting that we install an SMTP server into our web-server group, which I am not happy to do.

While I wouldn't want to question my hosting provider, and I appreciate there are ways around this with firewalls etc, I am stunned that Sophos would promote spam in such a way as to demand an SMTP server which is not completely locked down with SMTP auth be avaliable.

Is there any way to enable this feature?  Or do I have to bite the bullet and make an SMTP server without auth avaliable?

Many Thanks,

CH.

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    Hello CH,

    it's hosted virus scaning

    well, in this case they should provide alerting too - but that's just MHO :smileyhappy:. If you can use a "wrapper" like DeleGate, fine. 

    Any communication between the DMZ and internal network must be authenticated

    That's what I thought (and therefore my question about topology), won't argue here :smileywink:. 

    Sophos isn't dogmatic but it's the same for them - business justification . Submitting a feature request through Support does not guarantee you will get it (whether soor or ever) but it's better than just sit and wait. 

    Christian

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    Hello CH,

    it's hosted virus scaning

    well, in this case they should provide alerting too - but that's just MHO :smileyhappy:. If you can use a "wrapper" like DeleGate, fine. 

    Any communication between the DMZ and internal network must be authenticated

    That's what I thought (and therefore my question about topology), won't argue here :smileywink:. 

    Sophos isn't dogmatic but it's the same for them - business justification . Submitting a feature request through Support does not guarantee you will get it (whether soor or ever) but it's better than just sit and wait. 

    Christian

    :22751
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