McAfee AVDCDE-AA-AA User Guide - Page 118

Using the VShield Scanner 3. Tell the E-Mail Scan module which mail sources it should monitor: • If you chose Microsoft Exchange (MAPI) as your corporate e-mail system, the Folders area shows All incoming mail, which means that the module will look for viruses in files attached to each e-mail message as it arrives in your MAPI mailbox or via other MAPI services. • If you chose Lotus cc:Mail as your corporate e-mail system, you'll need to tell the module how often to scan your cc:Mail Inbox (Figure 4-19). Figure 4-19. Detection page with cc:Mail option chosen In the Folders area, enter the number of seconds the E-Mail Scan module should wait before it checks your cc:Mail Inbox for new mail. By default, the module checks once every minute. Be sure to set an interval shorter than the interval you set to receive your e-mail so that module has an opportunity to detect any viruses before they reach your computer. 4. Specify the types of e-mail attachments you want the E-Mail Scan module to examine. You can • Scan compressed files. Select the Compressed files checkbox to have the module look for viruses in compressed files or in file archives. This option ensures that viruses do not spread from compressed files, but because the module uncompresses these files before it scans them, choosing this option can lengthen the time it takes to scan a given set of files as you work with your computer. Š NOTE: When the E-Mail Scan module examines a file archive, it will scan only the file archive itself, not the compressed files within the archive. To learn which files and archives the module scans, see "Current list of compressed files scanned" on page 292. 118 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software