"storing" spam stop virus scanning ?

[Randal, Phil]

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Cheers,

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: 26 April 2004 10:46
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: "storing" spam stop virus scanning ?
>
> Hi everyone...
>
> I just changed, a few days ago, the method I was using to
> manage spam mails...
>
> I am not delireving them anymore, I just store them to handle
> them with MailWatch.
>
> I discovered that the (well-know .pif) viruses attached to
> spam messages were no longer detected by virus scanner !
>
> Could it be that the message stored isn't available for the
> virus scanner ?
>
> Moreover, there are no error messages about virus scanner ...
>
> Any idea ?
>
> Arthur CARANTA
>
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