Last few questions before I go live...

[Jeff A. Earickson]

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, DNSAdmin wrote:

> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:22:16 -0400
> From: DNSAdmin <dnsadmin at 1BIGTHINK.COM>
> Reply-To: MailScanner mailing list <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Last few questions before I go live...
>
> At 01:03 PM 4/28/2004, you wrote:
> >Hello everyone.
> >
> >Im getting ready to go live here with my first mailscanner. I have a mix of
> >excitement and nervousness. :)
> >
> >Just wanted to ask a few last questions, see if I can clear up a few things
> >as well as tweak my settings.
> >
> >As far as viruses are concerned, anytime MS detects any viruses in email, I
> >just wanted to have MS completely delete it. No need in delivering at all.
> >I'm stil debating on the following and was hoping for some feedback:
> >
> >- do most people here have emails sent to postmaster when MS receives a
> >virus in a email?

In my case, yes.  I have:

Send Notices = yes
Notices Include Full Headers = yes

then I use procmail to snag the virus warnings and save them to an alternate
mailbox.  I have a cronjob that runs once a day to tell me if any on-campus
machines spewed a virus, by reading this mailbox.  That way I can have our
helpdesk track down the machine.

> >
> >- do most people here want their users to receive a email when a intended
> >email for them contained a virus?
> >
This is a waste of time.  Use the method above and let your helpdesk track
down the real problems.

Jeff Earickson
Colby College

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