plugnplay, Take note that amavis is _NOT_ an antivirus per se... its a middleware for your antivirus. Having said that, you still need to integrate it to your favorite AV. Goodluck!
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:09:46 +0800, Plug n Play <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you, if amvisd-new is the best antivirus engines for now. > > I will have to proceed with my amavisd-new testing. > > Thank you again, > Marc > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Kenneth Oncinian > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 2:53 PM > To: Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List > Subject: Re: [plug] Mail Scanner > > Marc, > > IMHO, Amavisd-new maybe is the best GPL frontend for antivirus engines > and spamassassin for Postfix, also it is worthy to note that the author > of amavisd-new, Marc Martinec is also postfix user itself. > > The other well known emailscanner available for postfix is MailScanner, > http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/. > But Wietse Venema, the author of postfix does not recommend the use of > it because of the way it handles the mail queues. Also it is very > difficult to get or you will not get any technical support at all from > the postfix mailing list if you are using MailScanner. > > Tips if you will use amavisd-new: > 1. Make sure you are not using an ancient version of perl. > 2. Make sure to use the latest perl modules (using CPAN) > 3. Make sure to use the latest version of the external programs > mentioned in the INSTALL file and > 4. Make sure to use the latest version of the file utility. > > regards, > Kenneth > > Plug n Play wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > Do you recommend amavisd-new as Virus Mail Scanner for Postfix? > > > > > > > > Or can you recommend any good Virus mail scanner for Postfix. > > > > > > > > I'm currently using Postfix + Courier Imap + Mysql > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > Marc > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.764 / Virus Database: 511 - Release Date: 9/15/2004 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > -- > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > > .. > > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > > .. > > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.764 / Virus Database: 511 - Release Date: 9/15/2004 > > --- > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.764 / Virus Database: 511 - Release Date: 9/15/2004 > > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
