RE: [magicmail-users] Virus Scanning

["Damien Croarken" <sysad@ssc.net.au>]

Is there a way of doing this on a global method using C or the like, perhaps
something like www.vanja.com/shopie/ ? as perl scanner front ends seem to
put an excess load on the server, is it currently also possible to block
extensions on a global level?


Damien



-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Peddemors [mailto:michael@linuxmagic.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 3 June 2003 1:14 AM
To: magicmail-users@linuxmagic.com
Subject: Re: [magicmail-users] Virus Scanning


When we originally conceived of blocking mail at the SMTP level, we did want
to do all virus scanning etc, at that level, but because technically, mail
can be received for more than one user, and one user may want virus scanning
on, while the other person may not, we have broken the Anti-Spam technology
into two parts, one at the SMTP layer, which is where magic-smptd goes, and
the rest comes at the magic-local level, which handles content filtering,
(and extension filtering) and Anti-Virus.  The magic-local has not yet been
released as OpenSource, but we are intending to do so in the future.
Currently, the Amavis method of Virus Scanning is the way to go for this, if
you are using magic-smtpd, as you can specify on a per user basis whether it
is enabled or not.

On Monday 02 June 2003 05:57, Damien Croarken wrote:
> Before I start, Thanks guys for what looks like a brilliant move forward
> for the qmail community
>
> I have started to look at magic-smtpd, and its looks like it will work
> wonderfully.  Although because it seems to be in rapid development there
> seems to be only sparse documentation, could you tell me if it is possible
> to plug sophos antivirus, or any other virus scanner into magic-smtpd to
do
> virus scanning?
>
> Also is it possible to reject mail based on extensions? eg .pif, .scr, and
> all the other microsoft extensions?
>
>
> Damien
>
>
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