spam scanning stopped working

[Shane Kelly]

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Hi Kurt
On Monday 25 August 2003 2:33 pm, Kurt Yoder wrote:

> So my response to this sobig garbage has been to install mimedefang
> (http://mimedefang.org) and block all mail containing "dangerous"
> file name extensions such as .pif, .scr, etc. This way they are
> rejected before they even get into the mail system. So far, so good.
	
        Is it not possible to use MailScanners filename rules to block the dangerous 
stuff?

>
> The problem is that ever since I installed mimedefang, mailscanner's
> virus scanning has stopped working. I'm almost positive this is the
> connection, because I see some tagged spams right before I installed
> mimedefang two days ago, and no tagged spams since. I even sent
> myself some test messages that used to trigger spam tags, but now
> don't.
>
> Is there a debug mode in mailscanner I can use to track down what is
> going on? I am using MailScanner-4.22-5.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
> --
> Kurt Yoder
> Sport & Health network administrator

Regards,
        Shane.

- -- 
Shane Kelly
Network Infrastructure Manager
01292 293577 (Direct line)

On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.
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