Monday, September 17, 2007

Sharepoint Mail Alerts is not working as it blocked by Virus Scaner

Sharepoint Mail Alerts is not working as it blocked by Virus Scaner (McAfee)

RESOLUTION[MSDN]
To resolve this issue, modify the VirusScan Enterprise 8.0 settings to let the Owstimer.exe process send e-mail messages. To do this, follow these steps:
1.Start the McAfee VirusScan Console program. To do this, right-click the McAfee VirusScan icon in the notification area, and then click VirusScan Console.
2.In the VirusScan Console dialog box, double-click Access Protection.
3.In the Rule list, click Prevent mass mailing worms from sending mail, and then click Edit.
4.Click to put the insertion point in the Excluded Processes box, press the RIGHT ARROW key to move the insertion point to the end of the entries that are displayed, and then type ,owstimer.exe,SPSNotificationService.exe,w3wp.exe.

Note You must type a comma between each excluded process.
5.Click OK two times.

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