Effective virus scanners

[Chris Mason]

I was running only spamassassin and it caught all my SoBig emails.

Chris Mason
masonc at masonc.com
Yahoo IM: netconcepts_anguilla at yahoo.com
264 497-5670 Fax: 264 497-8463
www.netconcepts.ai


> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list
> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Gerry Doris
> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 3:13 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Effective virus scanners
>
>
> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, Chris Mason wrote:
>
> > I now have enabled clamav and f-prot together, I think that
> should stop just
> > about anything and the users permissions also contributes
> to overall system
> > security, so I feel pretty confident we are well protected.
> Spamassassin
> > takes out a lot of virus just on it own anyway.
> >
> > Chris Mason
> > masonc at masonc.com
> > Yahoo IM: netconcepts_anguilla at yahoo.com
> > 264 497-5670 Fax: 264 497-8463
> > www.netconcepts.ai
>
> SpamAssassin doesn't remove any virii at all.  It is not a
> virus scanner.
> For virii you need something like ClamAV or F-Prot.
>
> SpamAssassin scans messages and scores them on how "spammy"
> they appear.
> If the score reaches a preset threshold it is flagged as
> spam.  It's up to
> you to decide how you want to handle the message.  You can
> filter for the
> spam flag and do whatever you want with the message (ie.
> erase, put in a
> special folder, do nothing, etc)
>
> --
> Gerry
>
> "The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne"  Chaucer
>