Planning your deployment
This chapter includes the following topics:
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General deployment considerations
■
Deployment models
General deployment considerations
This section provides information about integrating Symantec Mail Security into
your network.
Note:
Multiple Scanner scenarios are common for organizations with system
failover needs or high mail scanning throughput requirements.
MTA usage
Symantec Mail Security contains a Message Transfer Agent (MTA), which processes
and relays messages to support filtering activities.
Note:
Symantec Mail Security provides neither mailbox access for end users nor
message storage. You must provide an MTA for use in your email infrastructure.
Configuring Scanners
During installation, you can use a wizard to add a Scanner. Depending on your
filtering requirements and messaging environment, you may want to deploy
multiple Scanners. In such cases, you can dedicate Scanners to specific functions.
For example, you might want one Scanner to filter inbound mail, another to filter
outbound mail, and another to filter instant messages.
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