Stable MailScanner version 4.31.6 works with Kaspersky 5?

[Randal, Phil]

MailScanner mailing list wrote:
> Hello List!
>
> I searched the archive but found no concrete answer to my
> problem. I have an old MailScanner version 4.14-9 on Debian
> Woody. Now i've installed Kaspersky Antivirus for Linux File
> Servers version 5.0.2.0 and want to use the client (of the
> daemon part) of that software called "aveclient". It does not
> work with my old MailScanner version. So I found in the
> archive that an uptade to the stable version of MailScanner
> would probably do the trick. So I ask (only to be sure,
> because an update means a lot of work and downtime ...):
> Does an update to MailScanner stable (version 4.31.6) works
> with Kaspersky Antivirus for Linux File Servers or Kaspersky
> Antivirus in generall? The kaspersky-wrapper file of
> MailScanner 4.31.6 seems only know Kaspersky 4.5 ...
>
> Any experiences out there?
>
> THANKS a lot!
>
> Best regards,
> Andreas Semt

Upgrading MailScanner should be straightforward enough.  Make sure all the
additional Perl modules the later versions require are installed first.

I'd also install ClamAV 0.72, manually run freshclam, and configure
MailScanner to use clamAV as well as Kapersky, so if Kapersky doesn't work
for you with the latest MailScanner you'll still be protected.  I'd run both
anyway, and possibly add Bitdefender just to make sure.  It doesn't matter
most of the time, but when there's a sudden and rapid virus outbreak (i.e.
Netsky, Bagle) you'll be glad you did.

Cheers,

Phil
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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK

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