Maybe there isn't a java-API to a virus scanner, but you could wrap a virus scanner with either Runtime.exec or possibly JNI. I've seen a few posting on freshmeat that do something like this for other mail serves and I'm guessing that's how they'd do it.
Serge Knystautas Loki Technologies - Unstoppable Websites http://www.lokitech.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcel Mar�" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mailinglist James-User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 3:06 PM Subject: Virus checking > I would like to use James as my company mail server, but I haven't figured > out how best to scan for viruses. > Currently we're using McAfee Groupshield which scans all incoming mail in > the Exchange mailserver. Obviously Groupshield has to go (no tears there), > but how can I scan the mail messages, or more accurately the attachments, > handled by James? > > One (naive) option I can think of would be if the attachments are stored as > files on the mail server, so that they can be scanned by the regular > (mcAfee) virusscanner. But how can I make sure the attachment is scanned > before being downloaded? > A second option would be a virusscanner with a java-API, very unlikely. > > Thanks for any pointers. > > > Marcel Mar� -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
