By default, the AntiVirus Agent is enabled.
Select Disabled to prevent the messaging server from launching the AntiVirus Agent at startup. However, to immediately disable the agent, you must manually unload the avirus executable or restart the messaging server. For more information on manually unloading NetMail® Agents or restarting the messaging server, see the Novell® NetMail Administration Guide at http://www.novell.com/documentation.
After the AntiVirus Agent is disabled, the messaging server does not launch the avirus executable again until you select Enabled and restart the messaging server.
NOTE: When you initially unload the avirus executable, the messaging system is not left unprotected. Due to the design of the message queue, NMAP temporarily pauses message processing while it tries to connect to the AntiVirus Agent. It attempts a connection several times before it continues message processing without the agent. This timeout period (approximately 30 seconds) provides enough time to reload the AntiVirus Agent after updating pattern files or engine code.
If you are using the InoculateIT* engine without running the full scanning product, you only need to update the pattern file and/or the engine NLM. NetMail automatically detects any such update, pauses the queue, reloads the engine and the new pattern files, and then resumes message processing.
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