Which filters get email first? 1

[scottew]

We are currently running Exchange 2003 Enterprise and we are using GFI Mail Essentials and Mail Security. I also have IMFv2 configured.

What I am trying to figure out is which filters does email hit first when it comes into our system.

Is it GFI or IMF?

Any input is appreciated.

Thanks,
Scott

 

[CathodeRay]

Scott, did you get an answer to this? We've got the same question regarding Symantec and Trend Micro.

 

[scottew]

I believe that IMF is catching the emails before the GFI Software. I contacted GFI and asked them which one of their products scan the email first. The order is as follows...

1) GFI Mail Essentials (spam filtering)
2) GFI Mail Security (anti-virus, content filtering, etc.)
3) GFI Mail Archiver

I set IMF to archive the messages it filters and then I checked to see if the email had been archived by GFI. Since it had not, IMF must catch it first.

Scott