Test of mailscanner

[Julian Field]

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At 21:09 29/08/2004, you wrote:
>Hi!
>
>I have run the test on http://www.testvirus.org and
>http://www.declude.com/Articles.asp?ID=99 and a couple of the mail is
>not stopped by the mailscanner. Is this a bug or have i not installed
>mailscanner right?

Three pieces of information:

One of the tests at testvirus.org is very artificial (in fact several of
them are) and relies on a horrifically broken message.
Don't think for a minute that testvirus.org is run by some well-meaning
individual. It is owned and run by Excedent (see www.excedent.com) who,
funnily enough, sell their own anti-virus email system. So this whole site
is engineered to make them look good and everyone else look bad. Check the
whois record at www.whois.org if you want to check for yourself.
The next version of MIME-tools, which is due out in the next month or two,
aims to pass these artificial tests.
--
Julian Field
www.MailScanner.info
Professional Support Services at www.MailScanner.biz
MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
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