Installing AVG on an Email Server

Installation of the AVG program on an E-mail server does not differ much from client installation. Here you can find some information specific to installing AVG on an E-mail server along with some general recommendations.

1. Supported E-mail servers:
The AVG program can filter your e-mails on the following E-mail servers:

• AVG for MS Exchange 2003 Server 
  - MS Exchange 2000 Server (with Service Pack 1 or higher), and MS Exchange 2003 Server versions.
  - Note: for Exchange 2000 Server - Service Pack 1 (or higher) needs to be applied before you can use the AVG engine; AVG for MS Exchange 2000/2003 Server uses the VSAPI 2.0 (or 2.5 with Exchange 2003 Server) application interface which is covered in this Service Pack. 
• AVG for MS Exchange 2007/2010 Server 
  - MS Exchange 2007/2010 Server version 
• AVG for Kerio MailServer
  - Kerio MailServer 6.7.2 and higher

2. General information:
The following components are not designed for use on E-mail servers: Online Shield, AVG LinkScanner, AVG Firewall, Personal E-mail Scanner.

• AVG Online Shield
• This component affects all HTTP, HTTPS and PROXY communication, because it scans communication on all respective ports/sockets. This component is not designed or tested for servers and may affect some specific server communication. Its installation is not recommended.
• AVG LinkScanner
• This component affects communication in almost the same way as AVG Online Shield and is not designed for use in a server environment.
• AVG Personal E-mail Scanner
  • The Personal E-mail Scanner captures and scans all communication on ports 110 and 25 (POP3 and SMTP) by default. This component is not designed or tested for servers. Its installation may cause issues while processing e-mails on your e-mail server.
• AVG Firewall
  • AVG Firewall, like the previously mentioned components, is not designed for server solutions.

By default, these components will not be installed on E-mail servers.

3. Installation
To install AVG E-mail Server Edition on MS Exchange server, it is only necessary to download and run the AVG E-mail Server Edition installation package from our website, and follow the instructions. If MS Exchange is detected during the installation, the appropriate plugin will be installed automatically. Please note that a restart of Store will be required.

4. After the installation
It is recommended to add the path of the folder where e-mail attachments are saved to the AVG Resident Shield excludes tab (AVG -> Resident Shield -> Manage exceptions).

If you use AVG Remote Administration, please note that it is necessary to set it up in AVG Admin Console as well.

A list of folders which are recommended to be excluded from AVG scanning on MS Exchange server is available in FAQ 3254.