-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of R. Scott Perry Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 7:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Symantec AntiVirus and IMail
>Although it is technically possible that no viruses were sent, it's highly >unlikely. Viruses now get E-mail addresses from a wide enough variety of >sources that it is extremely rare for a domain not to receive any viruses >over long periods of time. Shockingly, the Eicar test shows that the AntiVirus works fine. Guess I really haven't seen a virus in the last few months. Given the high percentage of spam, I am really amazed, but at least I now know the answer. >However, the *first* thing you should do after installing an AV program is >test it. Otherwise, you're wasting your money. There are a lot of ways >any AV program can not work properly. You can go to >http://www.declude.com/tools and use the Test Virus Sender to send the test >eicar.com file to see if your server blocks it (yes, it works even if you >are not running Declude Virus <G>). I'm guessing that you won't receive >the eicar.com file, but will get one of those "NULL body" notices. >It sounds like you have an on-access virus scanner doing something it >shouldn't. If you are running an on-access virus scanner on the IMail >server, it should be set up not to scan the spool directory or any user >directories. All Workstations also run Norton 2003 AntiVirus, but that is not flagging any of those incoming emails with NULL bodies as having a virus either. Again, this is a recent event and that's why I asked in parenthesis (8.05?). Thanks for your answers and the test tools. To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
