I dont want to purchase the full Imail Antyvirus version, but I read that it is possible to create yor own application which will scan the spool directory, lock the individual files, scan them, unlock them etc.
This article is here: http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-20000517-DM01.htm
Does anyone have any suggestions on this - maybe someone has already created such an application (therefore saving time for others...)
We've already created such an application, several years ago (see http://www.declude.com ). It can certainly be done, but you really have to know what you are doing. For example, you need to be careful about locking files properly (according to the way IMail does it), have proper exception handling, good MIME decoding, detection of various vulnerabilities that would otherwise cause viruses to slip through, notifications, etc. You also have to be very familiar with IMail, and how it functions -- for example, you need to change thread priorities at one point in order for IMail not to re-use the filename that you are using.
-Scott
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