David wrote: > Hi,
> So you understand what is happening, our setup currently removes banned > extensions but delivers the email body while virus emails are dropped. Are you using something other than amavisd-new to remove the attachment? > Now the question, is it possible to do the virus scan before the banned > attachment check? Virus scans do occur before banned file checks. http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/amavisd-new-docs.html#checks > We've run in to a case where a virus is sending itself out as a exe > attachment. Because we do not allow exe files to enter our mail system > from outside, the exe with the virus is getting removed from the email. > While this does block the infected exe from being delivered, the > recipient still receives the email(without attachment). This is causing > confusion because the email is in the form of a "From Support" message. > David f. It's quite possible the virus is not detected by your anti-virus software. It happens, that's why I use three different virus scanners on my system. Even with three, banning still saves me on occasion. Gary V ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list AMaViS-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
