Overview

The Product Updates feature verifies if there are any software patches available for your version of MailEssentials by directly connecting to the GFI Update Servers as long as you have allowed for automatic downloading and installation of updates and patches.

This article provides important information on the update mechanism for various engines and patches as well as the update server endpoints that must be allowed through the perimeter firewall for update process to be successful.

 

Information

This section provides useful information on the following topics related to the MailEssentials update mechanism:

1. List of update servers
2. Viewing and installing downloaded updates
3. Disabling or modifying update schedules

List of update servers

The following Update Servers should be reachable over the internet from the MailEssentials server otherwise the update process will fail and will be accordingly logged in the indicated log file:

What	Update component	Update server	Updated files	Logs
Email Security
Kaspersky AV engine	GFI MailEssentials Updater service. updkav.exe + 3rd party UpdSdk.dll	http://meupdate.gfi.com/incav2/ kaspersky88	AntiVirus\kaspersky\	DebugLogs\AutoUpdate.log
Avira AV engine	GFI MailEssentials Updater service	http://meupdate.gfi.com/incav2/avira	AntiVirus\avira\	DebugLogs\AutoUpdate.log
BitDefender AV engine	GFI MailEssentials Updater service	http://meupdate.gfi.com/incav2/avx	AntiVirus\avx\	DebugLogs\AutoUpdate.log
Sophos AV engine	GFI MailEssentials Updater service	http://meupdate.gfi.com/incav2/sophos	AntiVirus\sophos\	DebugLogs\AutoUpdate.log
Cyren AV engine	GFI MailEssentials Updater service	http://meupdate.gfi.com/incav2/cyren	AntiVirus\cyren\	DebugLogs\AutoUpdate.log
Trojan & Executable scanner DB (SED)	GFI MailEssentials Updater service	http://meupdate.gfi.com/incav2/trojandb	EmailSecurity\Engines\sed\ default.sdb	DebugLogs\AutoUpdate.log
Email Exploit Engine DB (EED)	GFI MailEssentials Updater service	http://meupdate.gfi.com/incav2/exploitdb	EmailSecurity\Engines\eed\ exploitdb.mdb	DebugLogs\AutoUpdate.log
Anti-Spam
SpamRazer AS Filter	GFI MailEssentials Legacy Attendant service, auspamscore.dll	Config: http://meupdate.gfi.com/incav2/spamrazer Actual update fro: sn92.mailshell.net	Antispam\SpamScore\Core\	Antispam\SpamScore\ AuSpamRazer.gfi_log.txt
Anti Phishing AS Filter (PURBL)	GFI MailEssentials Legacy Attendant service, auantiphish2.dll	http://cdnupdate.gfi.com/ap/	Antispam\Data\blocklist.db	Antispam\DebugLogs\ antiphish2.txt
Bayesian AS Filter	GFI MailEssentials Legacy Attendant service, autospamsvc.dll	http://meupdate.gfi.com/avx/	Antispam\Data\spam_tmp.tok	Antispam\DebugLogs\ autospamsvc.txt
Product Updates
GFI MailEssentials patches	GFI MailEssentials Attendant MailEssentials.PatchChecker.dll	http://cdnpatches.gfi.com/me/ [build_number]/patchindex.txt	Patches\	Attendant\debuglogs\ PatchPlugin.log
GFI MailEssentials new version	GFI MailEssentials Attendant MEC.Configuration.dll	http://cdnpatches.gfi.com/me/ me_build.xml		Attendant\debuglogs\ VersionChecker.log

Any perimeter firewall deployed must be configured to allow access to the above update server locations over both HTTP (port 80) as well as HTTPS (port 443) as outlined in GFI MailEssentials Port Description.

 

Viewing and installing downloaded updates

By default, MailEssentials downloads updates automatically on a preset schedule that is configured at GFI MailEssentials > General Settings > Product Updates under the Settings tab. It is recommended to leave this setting enabled in order for MailEssensials to updates automatically.

MailEssentials also detects when a new version of the software is published and indicates the availability of a new installer via a banner displayed on top of Dashboard accompanied by a download link.

To view or install downloaded updates:

1. Navigate to General Settings > Product Updates and select the Updates tab.

 

2. Expand any updates to see details about the downloaded updates. Click Install to install the update.

 

Disabling or modifying update schedules

To disable or modify the update schedule:

1. Navigate to General Settings > Product Updates and select the Settings tab.

 

2. Edit the following options:

Option	Description
Manual	Disables the schedule. Checking for updates will only be triggered manually.
Automatic	Enables automatic update and allows configuration of the schedule that the update will follow: Daily - Checks for updates daily at the set time. Weekly - Checks for updates weekly at the set date and time. First - Checks for updates on the first day of the month that is chosen and at the specified time. Last - Checks for updates on the last day of the month that is chosen and at the specified time.

3. Click Apply.

 

Related Articles

• GFI MailEssentials Port Description
• Setting MailEssentials to use HTTP to download updates
• Configuring MailEssentials to Download Updates Through a Proxy Server

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