> After reading your http://www.alaska.net/~royce/pub/solaris/MAGIC > link I see what it is all about.
For those who don't understand, yet, this might help: http://www.halley.cc/ed/linux/newcomer/filename.html > is there any formal or informal organization that keeps a list > like that up to date? Christos Zoulas (christos astron com) is the current maintainer. The latest code is available from ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file. > 1) Should a mailet or a matcher like IsInfected scan everything or not. > if the A/V program like MCAfee's Virusscan allows the user to choose > whether or not scan everything or just "dangerous" extensions or > choosen extensions, it is up to the user. Agreed. But as Danny says, if there were a virus scanner as part of the James distribution, the default should be as strict as possible. I suggest that you consider doing the same in your examples, although hopefully your legal liability is limited in Italy. > 2) Should it identify "malformations" in a message, including innocent > or "guilty" alterations of the extension / MIME type / magic matching, > but not excluding other checks. > should be done in a kind of IsMalformed matcher or CheckCompliance mailet And can be done in native Java code, if someone does the port, without having to go through the overhead involved in the external anti-virus scan. --- Noel --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
