On 2/15/2005 8:46 PM, David F. Skoll wrote:
Does anyone use File::Scan with MIMEDefang? It seems to cause a lot of problems with false positives.
I've never noticed or heard of any false positives until now. I've never had to ask the maintainer for anything, either, so I can't speak to his/her responsiveness. We've been happily using it for a couple of years without incident.
Is there any pattern to the false positives has File::Scan been generating? Is it related just to the "suspicious file" detection, or to actual signature data?
For the next release, I'm considering removing the auto-detection of File::Scan. In other words, if you want File::Scan, you'll have to specifically ask for it in your filter.
Not knowing any better, it seems to me that most folks would have File::Scan installed entirely and only for use with MIMEDefang, but I could be mistaken. Since its value seems to come mostly from its "quick first pass" quality, I would think that it wouldn't be as useful as Clam AV or some other free package for other uses.
In other words, I'm arguing that if someone has File::Scan installed, perhapsy they almost always intend to use it with MIMEDefang, so the extra step of having to enable it might be superfluous.
Any objections to this change?
It's pretty simple to use $Features{"File::Scan"} as you suggest later in the thread, so I won't lose any sleep over it.
If I had my druthers, though, one or more of us could try to talk to the maintainer (Henrique Dias, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) to get at the root cause. I'll drop him a friendly note that directs him to this thread. If I were him, I'd certainly want to know. :)
-royce
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