MailSite F-Secure anti-virus End of Life The update service for F-Secure Anti-Virus definitions will stop after 31st December 2004.

What Is Changing?

Rockliffe, Inc is announcing end of life for the F-Secure Content Scanner Server.

With effect from the release of MailSite version 6.1, the F-Secure Anti-Virus Filter has been replaced by Kaspersky Labs virus scanning engine. Testing has shown the new Kaspersky based Anti-Virus Filter to improve SMTPRA performance while reducing zero false-positives. In addition, the Kaspersky engine is more tightly integrated with MailSite, simplifying installation and management.

Sales of the F-Secure Anti-Virus Filter and Update Subscriptions were discontinued as of August 31^st, 2004. Customers that have a current MailSite Anti-Virus subscription should note that Rockliffe will continue to provide automatic virus definitions for the F-Secure virus scanning engine until 31st December 2004, after which the Update service will stop.

Why Has Rockliffe Decided To Discontinue The F-Secure Based Filter?

F-Secure have announced their intention to discontinue the Content Scanner Server that was integrated with MailSite.

What Action Should You Take?

Existing F-Secure Anti-Virus subscribers will need to upgrade to MailSite 6.1 in order to take advantage of the new Kaspersky Anti-Virus Filter and Subscription Services. The upgrade will transparently remove F-Secure and install the Kaspersky scanner.  The Subscriptions services are handled identically and will continue with no additional charge until your next renewal date.

Upgrades to MailSite 6.1 are available now through your normal upgrade processes. If you have any questions, please contact your Account Manager sales@rockliffe.com or Support department support@rockliffe.com for more information.

Also see "White Paper: Upgrading MailSite SP from Version 5.3 to Version 6" on http://www.rockliffe.com/solutions/whitepapers/.