----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >So Declude doesn't actually Send the SMD file to the Scanner.. > > Correct. > > >It takes the Message Body, wirtes it to a Tmp File, and then scans it? > >Why not just scan the SMD file , Headers and All ? > > Because very few AV programs can read a .SMD file. They make their big > bucks by selling mailserver virus scanners ($1,000s), as opposed to desktop > scanners ($10s), so they don't want the deskstop scanners to scan .SMD files. Many, if not most, desktop command-line scanners today have support for mail/mime encoded files: ======= F-Prot: "-server" Turns on heuristics that are suitable when scanning mail messages on a mail server. McAfee: "--mime" Option tells the VirusScan Command Line application to detect infections within archives converted to UUEncode, XXEncode, Base64, and BinHex formats. ClamAV: "ScanMail" Enable internal e-mail scanner (Default: enabled) BitDefender: "--mail" Scan mail databases Sophos: "-mime" Scan files encoded in MIME format ======= Bill --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
