It is set up as Dumb. I used the exact command line that was listed for F-Prot in the Declude setup instructions. And the messages are coming in as attachements. At least according to WebMail and Outlook Express.
John ---------Originial Message----------- Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 16:07:40 -0500 From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] F-Prot (was Virus Catcher) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>A new question: When testing our Declude/F-Prot setup using the test >>Virus files at eicar.com, the system doesn't catch the second test file >>when attached. The eicar . com . txt >>I tried sending it from outside the system using various servers. None >>of them changed the attachement format. But all came through without any >>warning. Is this normal? >The first thing to do is to make sure that you have F-Prot set up to use >the "/DUMB" switch -- otherwise, it won't scan the file, because .txt files >can't contain an executable virus. >The other possibility is that your mail client is sending the eicar.com.txt >file as a text segment -- if this is the case, you'll notice that while the >E-mail is received, there is no attachment to open. Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
