Thanks.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Comerford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 9:12 AM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Completely Blank Messages


> Well some of your assumptions were correct (sort of), but I'm not sure
> that is my problem.
> 
> 1. NO, we dont have mailserver antivirus
> 2  YES, There is a desktop scanner on that machine...
> 3. BUT the directory that IMAIL is in is excluded from the A/V scans.
>    (I just double checked that) 
> 4. The AV software Does not show having caught any viruses lately 
> 
> I thought (correct me if I am wrong) that the exclusion mentioned in #3
> would prevent problems as you described.
> 
> Any other thoughts?
> 
> -Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:54 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Completely Blank Messages
> 
> 
> 
> >Both myself and many of my users started receiving totally blank
> >messages usually in groups of 10-15 messages.   The ONLY thing in the
> >message is a header which reads:
> >
> >X-UIDL: 368024238
> >
> >That's it, no text, no FROM, no TO, no anything... The number after the
> 
> >X header seems to be sequential in the group of messages received 
> >together.
> 
> Let me guess, you don't have any mailserver AV software, but you are 
> running a desktop scanner?
> 
> Desktop scanners are a bad idea -- some will catch no viruses in mail,
> most 
> will catch some viruses, but few (if any) will catch all.  When they do 
> catch the viruses, they may simply delete the D*.SMD file, causing the 
> behavior you experienced.  If they catch the E-mail in an .mbx file, 
> though, *poof* all your mail will disappear.
> 
>                                                     -Scott
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