Resolved Sophos extension of 18.0.51

[Kulturmensch]

Server operating system version

ubuntu 21 LTS

Plesk version and microupdate number

18.0.51

With the update to 18.0.51 Sophos is available as free and paid extension. What is the difference?

 

[Peter Debik]

The free version only allows using it for a limited number of mailboxes. You'll next ask me how many and I will have to answer: I don't know. I think it was mentioned somewhere that it is the same limit that also applies to Plesk Premium Antivirus, which would be 5 (mailboxes per server).
Edit: It seems that I was mislead by the extension installation page which shows a "free" option, but according to a colleague it is a paid extension. Currently this under review again.

 

[Kulturmensch]

Thank you, but then I will continue with ClamAV what works fine although I had to install it separately. By the way, do you know whether and when it could become part of the free emal-security version of Plesk? Many users are voting for this for a long time but get ignored by the develeopment team up to now.

 

[Peter Debik]

I wouldn't really call it "ignored", it is more that other requests seem to be even more important in the big picture. Plesk already offers two anti-virus solutions now, so a third may not be top priority on the list. The survey results recently published include a roadmap what features are next: Check out the Plesk Obsidian 2022 survey results!

 

[Peter Debik]

@Kulturmensch, @Kaspar I was mislead by a wrong display on the "Extensions" page in Plesk that there is indeed a free version of Sophos Anti-Virus. And in combination with extension bundles I saw the "5 users" limit. But both do not apply for this extension when installed stand-alone. The extension page suggest "Get It Free" and also has an option button "free" and "paid". This is false, and after discussing it here two product issues [EXTCATALOG-662] and [EXTCATALOG-663] have been filed to correct this. We'll update the display to make clear that Sophos is a paid extension only. I apologize for the confusion.

 

[Kulturmensch]

Hi Peter, thank you for the clarification concerning sophos. Then it was helpful to raise this question I also did not know the survey results. Your roadmap include some milestones I am waiting for; good to know when to expect those. However as far as ClamAV is concerned I am not wondering that it does not appear on your major roadmap as it is already there ... but only in your paid Plesk E-Mail extension. So it would need a minimal development effort to make it available for free to all Plesk users instead of urge them to install the open source ClamAV separately