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Installing Symantec Mail Security for SMTP
Before you install
Before you install on Windows
However, if you stop the filter-hub or the MTA service, these alerts cannot be
sent. To ensure that you continue receiving alerts, it is useful to establish and
maintain an alternate MTA; you can specify its IP address in the settings for the
Control Center. For more information, refer to the Symantec Mail Security for
SMTP Administration Guide.
For information on deployment planning and options, refer to the Symantec Mail
Security for SMTP Planning Guide.
Saving data from Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 4.x
(optional)
If you wish to keep data from your existing installation of Symantec Mail Security
for SMTP 4.x for use in this version, you must save the data files from your existing
installation before you uninstall it.
You can save the following data:
Whitelist and blacklist data
Local Routing list data
Anti-Relay list data
The custom whitelist data is stored in the file named
autogenerated whitelist data is stored in
Routing list, and Anti-Relay list data is stored in the file named
You can search for these files under the directory in which you installed Symantec
Mail Security for SMTP 4.x.
Table 2-1
describes the default locations for these files. The location will be
different if you installed into a non-default location.
Default locations for data files
Table 2-1
Platform
Windows
Solaris
You must ensure that the IIS SMTP Virtual Server is installed before you begin
the installation procedure.
SMSSMTP_aw.txt.
Location
C:\Program Files\Symantec\SMSSMTP\local
/var/opt/SMSSMTP/local
file. The
SMSSMTP_cw.txt
The blacklist, Local
SMSSMTP.cfg.
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