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SBS 2011 Virus Protection. Are my mailboxes protected?

What level of virus protection do I need? I am running Small Business server with Exchange. My emails are being scanned for viruses and spam via a third party cloud product called Spam Soap. If I run virus protection designed for file servers are my mailboxes protected from anything internal? Making an assumption that all incoming emails are scrubbed before it arrives. Seems like if I add something designed for Exchange the Exchange level of protection is redundant.

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Cliff Galiher

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John

All of my clients use Symantec Endpoint Protection on their servers. I agree with the above "defense-in=depth" approach. I have one client with Exchange with outboard spam filtering and other clients with Exchange outsourced with extensive spam filtering. I still like having Symantec protecting the file system and Exchange where we have it.

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MrGD

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Better to play it safe for sure. Not much more to also protect the Exchange Server. What about the cloud service then? Let's say I go with one of the End Point Service products that offers File Server, Mail Server, and spam. Would I still need the cloud service like SpamSoap to scan the emails before they come in? Am I saving any man-hours or adding a level of protection by having this redundancy?

Cliff Galiher

Sure. Reduces load on the server. Doesn't hurt. I do both.

MrGD

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Thanks for the recommendations. Installed both.