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Uninstalling MAILsweeper


You can, if required, `uninstall' the current version of MIMEsweeper (MAILsweeper and/or WEBsweeper) from your machine. Uninstall may be used, for example, if you have installed a MIMEsweeper for testing, or if you wish to move MIMEsweeper to a different location.

The uninstall process removes most of the MIMEsweeper components from the host machine, including all of the .dll and .exe files. The licence details, configuration settings and the log files are retained.

To uninstall MIMEsweeper, stop the MIMEsweeper service(s) and remove the MAILsweeper intercept.

You must always remove the MAILsweeper intercept before uninstalling MIMEsweeper. If you do not, no mail will be able to pass through the Exchange server. See the next page for details on how to do this.

Click on the Uninstall MIMEsweeper icon in the MIMEsweeper program group. An InstallShield dialog box is displayed to show the progress.

Some elements may not be removed by the uninstall program and should be removed after uninstall is complete. It is recommended that you check the MIMEsweeper directory and remove these elements manually.

Removing the MAILsweeper intercept

It is important that you remove the MAILsweeper intercept before uninstalling. If you do not remove the intercept no mail will be allowed to pass through the Exchange server.

To remove the MAILsweeper intercept:

1. Set the value of the ClearInterceptOnShutdown directive to be TRUE. This directive can be found in the [Exchange] section of the post office configuration file, EXCHANGE.CFG.

That is, change:

[Exchange]
...
ClearInterceptOnShutdown=FALSE

to:

[Exchange]
...
ClearInterceptOnShutdown=TRUE
See page 7-54 for more details on the ClearInterceptOnShutdown directive.

2. Restart the MAILsweeper service so that the changes to the [Exchange] section can come into effect.
3. Stop the MAILsweeper service again, to remove the intercept.
See page 6-4 for details on how to start and stop the MIMEsweeper service(s).
 



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