Roger Merchberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> To try to bring this remotely back on-topic: Is there any way to have a
> "local" virus scanner -- such that if a customer of our ISP tries to send a
> virus-riddled message that it bounces the message, letting the person know
> they're trying to send a virus? Or is that only possible with *all* SMTP
> conversations?
qmail-scanner uses Bruce Guenter's QMAILQUEUE patch to insert itself in
the message injection chain. This way, you can set it on a per-host or
per-IP basis (through tcpserver's tcprules files) and have complete
flexibility.
> I really don't want to have to go to a full "virus scanning package"
> if I can help it, & I want to do the "right thing" but I have to do
> something about all of our customers that have a virus that I cannot
> track... :-/
qmail-scanner can be used with simple scripts that look for .vbs
attachments or other cruft, rather than a commercial virus scanner.
> That way, the multiple "virus found" messages don't find their way back to
> mailing lists & whatnot...
It's possible to write automatic software that doesn't behave this badly
-- Bruce Guenter's autoreplier and others do reasonable jobs of not
replying to mailing list mail.
Charles
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