|
The campus e-mail system applies antivirus/worm and anti-spam filtering at selected points as e-mail
moves into, out of, and through the campus network. The following is a summary of where and how these
protections are applied. This information only applies to centrally run mail systems, which include
Outlook (Exchange server), SUmail, and listserv.syr.edu.
- E-mail arriving from the Internet is scanned for viruses and spam by the Proofpoint
anti-virus/anti-spam engine. Messages containing viruses or spam are deleted.
(Outlook/Exchange and MyMail receive inbound mail through this path.)
- E-mail exiting the campus by way of smtp-host.syr.edu or through the mail exchangers (MX hosts) is similarly filtered.
- E-mail that is sent outbound through Exchange is not scanned for anti-virus or anti-spam.
- E-mail inbound to SUmail is scanned by the Proofpoint scanner.
- Listserv.syr.edu runs the F-secure antivirus scanner against all e-mail it processes.
- Desktop antivirus software applications also scan incoming and outgoing e-mail in some, but not all, cases.
|
