Email Vulnerabilities

Glynn S. Condez glynn at MAKATI.TECHSQUARE.COM
Tue Sep 24 07:38:23 IST 2002


What is this split message all about? is it a new feature of mailscanner?

--- Glynn ---

----- Original Message -----
From: "pg" <pg at NEWHONEST.COM>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: Email Vulnerabilities


> Hi, I have the same problem. I think this is a new feature which prohibit
> "Split message" sent from outlook express. This could be quite a problem
if
> we can't recieve "split message" because from time to time we have to
> receive big but splitted emails. Is there anyone who could help?
>
> -Jason
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glynn S. Condez" <glynn at MAKATI.TECHSQUARE.COM>
> To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 1:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Email Vulnerabilities
>
>
> > Yeah, I got three emails coming to my inbox and the emails are very
clear.
> I
> > only got this eicar.com email in my Deleted Items eventhough I haven't
> > deleted. doest the mailscanner sends this to my Deleted Items coz SWEEP
is
> > not working anymore?
> >
> > --- Glynn ---
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "James Murchison" <james at un.net.au>
> > To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 1:09 PM
> > Subject: Re: Email Vulnerabilities
> >
> >
> > > If your not getting the Virus Warning message the Scanner (Sweep)
isn't
> > > working. The {VIRUS} message is probably being generated by the
allowed
> > > files routine. If you have set your e-mail address as the postmaster,
> > > you should receive at least two messages (probably 3) 1 the return
> > > warning 2 the Postmaster warning and 3 the original message stripped.
> > >
> > > KR J.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> > > Behalf Of Glynn S. Condez
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 24 September 2002 2:54 PM
> > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > Subject: Re: Email Vulnerabilities
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi guys, I just updated my mailscanner from 3.22-7 to 3.23-1 and what
I
> > > have found out is the speed, its more faster now and the the
> > > vulnerability test from GFI doesn't work anyone.
> > >
> > > One thing I am wondering with, why does this eicar.com gfi test email
> > > goes to my outlook express deleted items with a modified subject
> > > {VIRUS?} eicar.com [1/5] up to [5/5] and theres no warning message in
> > > the body and the attachment is intact with the filename eicar.com. im
> > > just wondering about this.
> > >
> > > Also, I am using Sophos and I got this message in my console "Useful
> > > life of SWEEP has beed exceeded" does the Sophos doesn't work anymore?
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Glynn ---
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Glynn S. Condez" <glynn at MAKATI.TECHSQUARE.COM>
> > > To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 10:37 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Email Vulnerabilities
> > >
> > >
> > > > Thanks Jeff for the great idea, it seems that there's  nothing that
I
> > > > need to reconfigure except for the conf files of mailscanner.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- Glynn ---
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Jeff A. Earickson" <jaearick at COLBY.EDU>
> > > > To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 10:28 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: Email Vulnerabilities
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >    I set up my mailscanner directory thus:
> > > > >
> > > > > lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     daemon        10 Sep 23 14:01 bin ->
> > > bin-3.23-1/
> > > > > drwxr-xr-x   2 root     none        1024 Sep 13 10:23 bin-3.22-14/
> > > > > drwxr-xr-x   2 root     none        1024 Sep 23 13:46 bin-3.23-1/
> > > > > lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     daemon        10 Sep 23 14:01 etc ->
> > > etc-3.23-1/
> > > > > drwxr-xr-x   2 root     none        1024 Sep 13 10:29 etc-3.22-14/
> > > > > drwxr-xr-x   2 root     none        1024 Sep 23 13:55 etc-3.23-1/
> > > > > drwxr-xr-x   3 root     none         512 May  2 11:52 man/
> > > > > drwxr-xr-x   8 jaearick jaearick     512 Sep 23 14:06 src/
> > > > > drwx------   4 root     none         512 May  3 09:38 var/
> > > > >
> > > > > When a new version of mailscanner comes out, I untar it and move
the
> > >
> > > > > mailscanner/etc and mailscanner/bin directories to etc-[version]
and
> > >
> > > > > bin-[version].  Then I do side-by-side comparisons of the default
> > > > > config versus my setup.  When I've carried my config changes into
> > > > > the new etc files, I stop mailscanner, change the symlinks,
restart
> > > > > mailscanner.  Virtually no down time.  It would be nice if this
kind
> > >
> > > > > of directory versioning was incorporated into the tarfiles for v4
> > > > > somehow...
> > > > >
> > > > > ** Jeff A. Earickson, Ph.D                         PHONE:
> > > 207-872-3659
> > > > > ** Senior UNIX Sysadmin, Information Technology    EMAIL:
> > > > jaearick at colby.edu
> > > > > ** Colby College, 4214 Mayflower Hill,               FAX:
> > > 207-872-3076
> > > > > ** Waterville ME, 04901-8842
> > > >
> > >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > ----
> > > > --
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Glynn S. Condez wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:18:03 +0800
> > > > > > From: Glynn S. Condez <glynn at MAKATI.TECHSQUARE.COM>
> > > > > > Reply-To: MailScanner mailing list <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> > > > > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > > > > Subject: Re: Email Vulnerabilities
> > > > > >
> > > > > > oh by the way, this the first time that I am going to upgrade
the
> > > > > > mailscanner, is it possible if I am going to rename the old
> > > mailscanner
> > > > > > directory and install the new version of mailscanner as
> > > > > > mailscanner?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > or is there anything that I need to be reconfigure?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > --- Glynn ---
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: "Glynn S. Condez" <glynn at MAKATI.TECHSQUARE.COM>
> > > > > > To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 10:02 AM
> > > > > > Subject: Re: Email Vulnerabilities
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > This mailing list is great, the response is so fast  :)  well
> > > > > > > I'll
> > > do
> > > > the
> > > > > > > upgrade, email you guys about the results.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > thanks
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --- Glynn ---
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > > From: "Mike Kercher" <mike at CAMAROSS.NET>
> > > > > > > To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 10:05 AM
> > > > > > > Subject: Re: Email Vulnerabilities
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Try upgrading to 3.22-15  I think Julian got it to detect
all
> > > > > > > > of
> > > the
> > > > > > > vulnerabilities.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > > From: MailScanner mailing list
> > > [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> > > > > > > > Behalf Of Glynn S. Condez
> > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 8:58 PM
> > > > > > > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > > > > > > Subject: Email Vulnerabilities
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Based on these website http://www.gfi.com/emailsecuritytest,
> > > > > > > > some
> > > > of
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > test email that contents a test virus or codes goes through
> > > > > > > > and
> > > the
> > > > > > > > mailscanner doesn't detect the embedded scripts in the
emails.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > In version 4, is it possible to scan these kinds of viruses
or
> > > code?
> > > > by
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > way I'm using the stable version of mailscanner 3-22.7 with
> > > > > > > > spamassassin2-31.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --- Glynn ---
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