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Planning your deployment
Deployment models
Post-gateway deployment
Note:
This model may be implemented with one or more SMTP gateway MTAs
and one or more Scanner hosts.
As shown below, MTAs at the gateway layer accept unfiltered mail from the
Internet then relay it to Symantec Mail Security for SMTP. The system filters
mail from the gateway layer and relays mail to other MTAs downstream.
Figure 2-3
Post-Gateway deployment
Advantages
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If you have a customized MTA or specific business needs, then running this
configuration may outweigh the extra overhead and loss of functionality.
Considerations
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This configuration limits Scanner functionality as IP-based defenses are
nullified.
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Unless the SMTP Gateway is performing filtering, all email is processed by
the gateway (read, stored, and forwarded) then sent to the system, which
must then read, filter, and take some action based on the verdict. Such
redundancy may add overhead, thereby decreasing throughput.
