Re: [Clamav-users] Scanning of mailboxes
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:51:38 -, Clive McDowell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a requirement to scan messages in mailbox files on a mailhost. The host is a sparc platform (Solaris 8) and has a mixture of standard unix and mbx format mailbox files. I have been advised that ClamAV may be able to scan mailbox files and presumably handle the de-miming that is required. Before I start experimenting in earnest is it true that ClamAV can do this? To some degree, though (as other recent threads have pointed out) it's not designed to be used that way. It's designed to be used as, for example, with your MTA to detect the viruses before they are delivered. I don't know how good it's MIME capabilities are. -- Please keep list traffic on the list. Rob MacGregor Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he doesn't become a monster. Friedrich Nietzsche ___ http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users
Re: [Clamav-users] Scanning of mailboxes
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 at 12:52:14 +, Rob MacGregor wrote: On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:51:38 -, Clive McDowell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a requirement to scan messages in mailbox files on a mailhost. The host is a sparc platform (Solaris 8) and has a mixture of standard unix and mbx format mailbox files. I have been advised that ClamAV may be able to scan mailbox files and presumably handle the de-miming that is required. Before I start experimenting in earnest is it true that ClamAV can do this? To some degree, though (as other recent threads have pointed out) it's not designed to be used that way. Things aren't so bad :-). It's designed to be used as, for example, with your MTA to detect the viruses before they are delivered. I don't know how good it's MIME capabilities are. Quite good, actually. They are improved all the time, so you may want to use CVS version for this (or wait for releasing 0.81). Though I'm not sure about something you call mbx format mailbox files as you contrast them with standard unix mailbox files. -- Tomasz Papszun SysAdm @ TP S.A. Lodz, Poland | And it's only [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lodz.tpsa.pl/iso/ | ones and zeros. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ClamAV.net/ A GPL virus scanner ___ http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users
RE: [Clamav-users] Scanning of mailboxes
To some degree, though (as other recent threads have pointed out) it's not designed to be used that way. Things aren't so bad :-). It's designed to be used as, for example, with your MTA to detect the viruses before they are delivered. We already use sophie/sophos to scan mail passing through our mailhubs. However, messages can find their way into mailboxes via IMAP/POP if users copy messages from other systems. Those won't be picked up by the MTAs. I don't know how good it's MIME capabilities are. Quite good, actually. They are improved all the time, so you may want to use CVS version for this (or wait for releasing 0.81). Though I'm not sure about something you call mbx format mailbox files as you contrast them with standard unix mailbox files. MBX format is an indexed text format that includes the indexing information at the top of the file. Apart from additional headers to indicate message boundaries I think it's pretty much the same as standard unix format. I would think that any software that could handle the latter wrt demiming could also handle mbx. Thanks for the replies, Clive McDowell Information Services The Queen's University of Belfast ___ http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users
Re: [Clamav-users] Scanning of mailboxes
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:36:20 -, Clive McDowell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We already use sophie/sophos to scan mail passing through our mailhubs. However, messages can find their way into mailboxes via IMAP/POP if users copy messages from other systems. Those won't be picked up by the MTAs. In that case, I'd probably suggest using ClamAV on the mailhubs (possibly along with Sophie) and use Sophos to sweep the files. That way you're using each in a way it's designed for :) -- Please keep list traffic on the list. Rob MacGregor Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he doesn't become a monster. Friedrich Nietzsche ___ http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users
Re: [Clamav-users] Scanning of mailboxes
On Tuesday 11 Jan 2005 11:51, Clive McDowell wrote: Folks, I have a requirement to scan messages in mailbox files on a mailhost. The host is a sparc platform (Solaris 8) and has a mixture of standard unix and mbx format mailbox files. I have been advised that ClamAV may be able to scan mailbox files and presumably handle the de-miming that is required. Before I start experimenting in earnest is it true that ClamAV can do this? Yes Clive McDowell -Nigel ___ http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users
