Logwatch being marked as virus

Jason Ede J.Ede at birchenallhowden.co.uk
Tue Aug 18 08:14:23 IST 2009


Have a much quieter life?

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> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Julian Field
> Sent: 18 August 2009 08:04
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: Logwatch being marked as virus
> 
> Absolutely agreed. What would I do without you guys?!
> 
> On 17/08/2009 21:21, Alex Neuman van der Hans wrote:
> > This can be dangerous.
> >
> > If the host itself has a webmail service, or an exploitable form, the
> > server won't scan messages sent from the compromised system.
> >
> > Perhaps a two-factor system, like From:127.0.0.1 and
> > From:mailwatch at myserver or somesuch, would be better, don't you
> think?
> >
> > On Aug 17, 2009, at 3:11 PM, Jules Field wrote:
> >
> >> A sender can set the sender address to anything they like, it has no
> >> effect on the delivery of the message.
> >> So don't do this, do it by IP address, such as
> >> From: 127.0.0.1 no
> >> so you don't scan mail originating from the localhost itself.
> >
> 
> Jules
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