Message being scanned that shouldn't be.

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Thu Aug 13 11:31:26 IST 2009


I have fixed this problem for you, and also an important bug in the code 
that cleans some types of infections out of archives in messages.
Please upgrade to 4.78.9 and these problems should both be fixed.

Jules.

On 12/08/2009 23:28, Mark Sapiro wrote:
> Mark Sapiro wrote:
>    
>> I think I would have noticed if this had been going on for long. On Aug
>> 5 I upgraded from 4.78.3 to 4.78.7, and before that from 4.78.2 to
>> 4.78.3 on July 31. It happens under both 4.78.7 and 4.78.8 with this
>> one message. At least some other locally originating messages
>> including a test sent in the same way are properly not scanned.
>>      
>
> Actually, I don't know that they aren't virus scanned. I only know that
> they don't get added MailScanner headers.
>
>
>    
>> Is it possible that the rearrangement of the virus/spam scanning code
>> in 4.78.3 et. seq. is allowing messages to be virus scanned even if
>> Scan Messages is 'no'?
>>      
>    

Jules

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