Hi Sandy - thats actually the reason that I decided to try out declude. I intend to use webmail a lot more often, so with mail files ranging up to several hundred mb, scanning an MBX file would not be the best way to go.
cheers, Marcin > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sanford Whiteman > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 6:15 AM > To: Michael M. Wiseman > Subject: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] External Antivirus Program > > > > I am currently looking at Imail Zip antivirus, version 2.3 > > > http://mbx-antivirus.narod.ru/ > > That product's ambitions are commendable and well-thought-out; its > implementation, however, is *extremely* dangerous for a mailserver > with any real traffic. Scanning MBX files instead of queue files is a > recipe for disaster, and just isn't sharp design. Note the author's > own caveat that 'Leave messages on server' is unworkable with the > product installed. > > I recommend strongly that you look elsewhere, i.e. www.declude.com. > You can get a lot more out of Declude, written and maintained by > programmers who are experts at detecting mail-borne vulnerabilities > while sustaining (and, in many cases, actually improving) performance. > > -Sandy > > > ------------------------------------ > Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist > Broadleaf Systems, a division of > Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc. > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------ > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
