This is not entirely true... I use a combination of ClamAv (Antivirus), Amavis (virus scanner), Postfix (MTA).
With the right configuration, any virus (that clamav has a signature for) found in a attachment from an email will be quarantined to a directory of your choosing. The recipient will not receive the email. Regards > You can use the opensource ClamAV with your mail system with say Exim + > Exiscan patch as mail server or Sendmail, Postfix etc etc. It will scan > your file systems but WILL NOT remove viruses from those files for you. > You may want to look at commercial packages such as Sophos for this, if > they support these features. > > Cheers, > > Aly. > > On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 12:39, Richard Crawford wrote: >> Graham Leggett said: >> > Richard Crawford wrote: >> > >> >> Linux is not susceptible to the W32/Sobig.F worm, so I wouldn't worry >> >> about it. >> > >> > A Linux mailserver is susceptible to running out of disk space due to >> > the worm, which has happened to me twice. >> > >> > Best advice is to install a virus killer on your mailsystem. >> >> This is true... though I understood the original post to express concern >> that their Linux computer would be actually infected with the worm. >> >> But yeah, the worm can make traffic increase to the point where the >> server >> is overrun with activity. >> >> >> Sliante, >> Richard S. Crawford >> >> http://www.mossroot.com >> AIM: Buffalo2K ICQ: 11646404 Y!: rscrawford >> MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Howard Dean for America: http://www.deanforamerica.com >> "It is only with the heart that we see rightly; what is essential is >> invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupéry > -- > Aly S.P Dharshi > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Southern Alberta Digital Library Project > > "A good speech is like a good dress > that's short enough to be interesting > and long enough to cover the subject" > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- http://www.seekitzone.com http://www.e-securenetworks.net http://www.shopper-holic.com http://www.planet247.net http://www.auction-holic.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
