Joseph Brennan spake the following on 11/30/2006 7:09 AM:
--On Thursday, November 30, 2006 15:23 +0100 Johan Sleeuwenhoek
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think it is worth the extra CPU time to stop a virus at the earliest
time possible. This makes it less dangerous, since the virus does not
pass all the components of your emailscanning system.
I think you don't need a virus check at all, if you reject executable
file attachments. That's what a few years of experience tells me.
An independent test of this assertion will be interesting.
Joseph Brennan
Lead Email Systems Engineer
Columbia University Information Technology
But clam-av contains some very good phishing signatures. I catch more of that
garbage than actual viruses these days. Maybe 2 to 1 or better.
--
MailScanner is like deodorant...
You hope everybody uses it, and
you notice quickly if they don't!!!!
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