How to not send {virus?}

Julian Field mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Sat Aug 23 12:00:08 IST 2003


Deliver Cleaned Messages = no

There are 2 sorts of "virus-free" state. In MailScanner terms these are
"cleaned" and "disinfected". A message can have been "cleaned" by having
virus-laden attachments and other content removed. A file can be
"disinfected" by, for example, having macro viruses removed from a Word
document. All messages can be "cleaned" before delivery, but only a few
types of file can ever be "disinfected" by having a virus removed from them
while otherwise leaving them intact.

At 03:02 23/08/2003, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>With the recent outbreak of the sobig virus, my users keep on getting tons
>of files with {virus?} header which is the sobig virus. I mean, the clamav
>did catch it but I would also like to make mailscanner not send any of
>those files found to be virus as those with header {virus?} to the users. I
>have checked in mailscanner.conf file but I can't figure out which
>parameter to change. I did change "Deliver Disinfected Files" to "no" but I
>still get those files.
>
>I know this is a very basic thing but maybe I am just too panic and I can't
>see it even if it is in front of me.
>
>Thanks in advance.

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