MailScanner --lint Question

Mike Wallace mike at mlrw.com
Mon Sep 21 15:52:44 IST 2009


No, both are set at yes.

On Sep 21, 2009, at 3:03 AM, Steve Freegard wrote:

> Mike Wallace wrote:
>> I have an existing MailScanner box running 4.77.10 and when I run
>> MailScanner --lint is get the following for virus checking:
>>
>> MailScanner.conf says "Virus Scanners = clamd"
>> Found these virus scanners installed: clamd
>> =
>> =
>> =
>> =
>> =
>> =
>> =====================================================================
>> Filename Checks: Windows/DOS Executable (1 eicar.com)
>> Other Checks: Found 1 problems
>> Virus and Content Scanning: Starting
>> Clamd::INFECTED:: Eicar-Test-Signature :: ./1/
>> Clamd::INFECTED:: Eicar-Test-Signature :: ./1/eicar.com
>> Virus Scanning: Clamd found 2 infections
>> Infected message 1 came from 10.1.1.1
>> Virus Scanning: Found 2 viruses
>> =
>> =
>> =
>> =
>> =
>> =
>> =====================================================================
>>
>> On a new box running 4.78.15 I get the following:
>>
>> MailScanner.conf says "Virus Scanners = clamd"
>> Found these virus scanners installed: clamd
>> =
>> =
>> =
>> =
>> =
>> =
>> =====================================================================
>> Filename Checks: Windows/DOS Executable (1 eicar.com)
>> Other Checks: Found 1 problems
>> Virus and Content Scanning: Starting
>> Clamd::INFECTED:: Eicar-Test-Signature :: ./1/eicar.com
>> Virus Scanning: Clamd found 1 infections
>> Infected message 1 came from 10.1.1.1
>> Virus Scanning: Found 1 viruses
>> =
>> =
>> =
>> =
>> =
>> =
>> =====================================================================
>>
>>
>> Both boxes are identical hardware running CentOS 5.3 with clam  
>> installed
>> from rpmforge.
>>
>> Which one is correct? Or are both correct and don't worry about the
>> difference?
>>
>
> Technically - both are correct.  I suspect that you have different
> settings for:
>
> ClamAV Full Message Scan = yes
>
> Between the two systems which accounts for the difference.   
> Personally I
> would enable this option on the new box.
>
> Regards,
> Steve.
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