- SCANS all email traffic for known and unknown viruses and malicious code

- PROACTIVE scanning of message and attachment content for suspicious viruses or unsolicited content

- ACTIVE MESSAGE FILTER eliminates inbound and outbound messages containing zero byte attachments before they are delivered to end users’ mailboxes, preventing unproductive content from reaching end-users both within and outside the organization

- IS ABLE TO BLOCK any file attachment passing through Microsoft Exchange 2000 using the latest File Attachment Blocking feature. This allows administrators to configure ScanMail to quarantine attachments passing through the Exchange 2000 server. This feature is particularly important during virus outbreaks.

- FAIL-OVER and DISASTER RECOVERY are handled through Microsoft Windows 2000 Cluster technology. ScanMail is the first product available, which is Windows 2000 Cluster compliant. ScanMail supports both the active/active and active/non-active clustering to ensure non-stop, real-time protection with nominal performance impact.

- ALERTS administrators about virus outbreaks through email or pager. By configuring the ScanMail Outbreak features, an administrator can set a threshold for alerts over any given time period.

- MANAGE ScanMail application from a Web or Windows-based management console. ScanMail supports both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator.

- REAL-TIME SERVER STATUS provides immediate information about ScanMail on each Microsoft Exchange 2000 server within the enterprise. Administrators can easily monitor ScanMail activity and retrieve information on current versions of scan engine and virus pattern file.

- AUTOMATICALLY UPDATES the virus pattern file, scan engine, patch files and product versions over the Internet and deploys the updates to all ScanMail servers in the enterprise.