BALMNE version 1.01 ================== THIS UTILITY IS SPECIFIC FOR NAVMSE ADMINISTRATORS - IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS THEN YOU SIMPLY DO NOT NEED THIS PROGRAM. This utility is for use only on Microsoft Exchange Servers with Norton Anti Virus for Exchange (NAVMSE ver 2.1 or 2.5) It is designed to help NAVMSE administrator manage a list of blocked attachments to prevent virus infections. Before using this utility please check: * That you are using NAVMSE 2.1 or later. * That you have read the README.TXT file of NAVMSE. * That you run it on the Exchange+NAVMSE server itself. * That you know what you want to do. Usage instructions: I think that the GUI is intuitive enough so please tell me if you have questions about the program usage. Notes: ---------- There are many issues related to attachment blocking with NAVMSE, so here are some tips you should better notice: * Like with any change - make sure you have a good backup of your Exchange server, both with full database backup AND brick level. * NAVMSE handles blocked attachments the same way as known virusses. Therefor I recommend that you configure NAVMSE to quarantine a virus when it cannot repair and NOT to delete the attachment. That way you can restore from the quarantine files that were blocked. * After enabling attachment blocking, NAVMSE will also remove attachments from existing (old) mail and other items - so you will probably notice many many many virus alerts for old items!!! It is recommended to start blocking only a single/few file types, then the rest. Version History: Version 1.01, Jan 2002 - Added the "notes" section to this file. Version 1.0, Jan 2002 - First release. (Included in NUTS 2.16) Trademarks: NAVMSE, Norton Anti Virus are trademarks of Symantec Corporation. Microsoft Exchange is trademark of Microsoft Corporation. BALMNE is freeware, you can use it and send to others. BALMNE is provided AS IS - no warranty of any kind. BALMNE is part of my NUTS utility collection. Look for NUTS at my site for updated versions and other utilities. The SMTP client engine used in the test page was written and is copyrighted by Francois PIETTE - http://www.rtfm.be/fpiette francois.piette@rtfm.be Thanks Francois! Copyright 2002 by Yizhar Hurwitz Kibbutz Gaaton, Israel http://come.to/yizhar http://teachers.sivan.co.il/yizhar yizhar@mail.com