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Hi There,<br />
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We are experiencing difficulties after deploying McAfee Virusscan 8.7 (Using ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0) to our backup server. &nbsp;Basically we should receive notifications from Veritas Backup Exec that say if our backup has completed or failed.<br />
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We know that McAfee is blocking the SMTP traffic generated by Veritas because the moment we turn off virus protection locally on the backup server email notifications work again.<br />
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My question is - Is there a way to configure EPO to allow the SMTP traffic only (Or even just a policy across the board!) from the backup server? &nbsp;I would prefer to do it in EPO as I have to learn the product and I can think of no better way than to get stuck in :)<br />
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Your help would be gratefully appreciated
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Hi There,

We are experiencing difficulties after deploying McAfee Virusscan 8.7 (Using ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0) to our backup server.  Basically we should receive notifications from Veritas Backup Exec that say if our backup has completed or failed.

We know that McAfee is blocking the SMTP traffic generated by Veritas because the moment we turn off virus protection locally on the backup server email notifications work again.

My question is - Is there a way to configure EPO to allow the SMTP traffic only (Or even just a policy across the board!) from the backup server?  I would prefer to do it in EPO as I have to learn the product and I can think of no better way than to get stuck in :)

Your help would be gratefully appreciated

McAfee blocking SMTP traffic from Veritas

Anti-virus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses. However, with the proliferation of other kinds of malware, antivirus software started to provide protection from other computer threats. In particular, modern antivirus software can protect from malicious browser helper objects (BHOs), browser hijackers, ransomware, keyloggers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious layered service providers (LSPs), dialers, fraud tools, adware and spyware. Some products also include protection from other computer threats, such as infected and malicious URLs, spam, scam and phishing attacks, online identity theft (privacy), online banking attacks, social engineering techniques, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), botnets and DDoS attacks.

Anti-Virus Apps

Interactions between email servers and clients are governed by email protocols. The three most common email protocols are POP, IMAP and MAPI. Most email software operates under one of these (and many products support more than one).  The correct protocol must be selected, and correctly configured, if you want your email account to work.