Mailman and MailScanner

[Julian Field]

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The usual suggestions are BitDefender and F-Prot.

Julian Field wrote:

> You don't need attachments to send viruses. Uuencoded data put in the
> middle of a message will be picked up by mail clients as readable files,
> without them being proper attachments at all.
> As a fine example the "MyParty" virus exploited this loophole to great
> effect at the time.
>
> Doc Schneider wrote:
>
>> Julian,
>>
>> All the lists are set to not allow attachments. I do that specifically
>> to avoid sending virus payloads to unsuspecting list members. I'll,
>> however, look into another virus scanner to use. Using ClamAV right now,
>> any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Doc
>>
>>
>> Julian Field wrote:
>>
>>> One more thing: use more than 1 virus scanner. A total failure in your
>>> incoming scanning will distribute viruses to your list subscribers. You
>>> should use 2 or 3 scanners so that they don't fail together.
>>>
>>> Stephen Swaney wrote:
>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
>>>>> Behalf Of Doc Schneider
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 11:43 AM
>>>>> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>>>> Subject: Mailman and MailScanner
>>>>>
>>>>> I run a lot of mailing lists here--using Mailman 2.1.4--and am
>>>>> seriously
>>>>> thinking of adding MailScanner to the box that hosts them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone else doing this and any "gotchas" you can pass along?
>>>>>
>>>>> Also going to be using the new Spamassassin 3.0.3 w/SQL bayes on
>>>>> it. Am
>>>>> running 2.64 currently and doing some procmail magic to keep the spam
>>>>> down to a minimum.
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA,
>>>>>
>>>>> -Doc
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We have a setup exactly like you are proposing. It works well with no
>>>> real
>>>> issues.
>>>>
>>>> My only concern would be capacity / loading but that is more of a
>>>> Mailman
>>>> issue. Our list server is a system mostly dedicated to running
>>>> Mailman. It
>>>> has no real mailboxes so the only email is junk and email destined for
>>>> Mailman. This is a pretty light load for MailScanner and SpamAssassin.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> Steve Swaney
>>>> President
>>>> Fortress Systems Ltd.
>>>> Phone: 202 338-1670
>>>> Cell: 202 352-3262
>>>> www.fsl.com
>>>> steve.swaney at fsl.com
>>>>
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