Christopher, Thanks for the reply.
I remember the thread you're talking about. I think it was left at the point that noone had really tried it. But NAV doesn't scan for PC executable virii anyway, right? So what are my alternatives? I certainly don't want to run an Exchange server if I don't have to. Thanks, Chris > From: Global Homes Webmaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (SIMS Discussions) > Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 10:03:12 -0700 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (SIMS Discussions) > Subject: Re: Attachments > > On 05/23/02 at 10:36, Chris Wagner wrote: > >> SIMS 1.7 >> MacOS 8.6 >> Bondi iMac >> >> Is there any way to monitor/deny attachments of particular type to block >> virus problems? >> >> Any suggestions on configuring SIMS to help cut down/monitor virus >> problems from being passed on to PC users on our LAN? >> >> Thanks in advance and my apologies if this is too much of a newbie >> question. > > Since SIMS is simply a straightforward SMTP MTA, filtering message content > is not really in its job description. In fact, SIMS doesn't look into the > bodies of messages at all. So no, SIMS by itself cannot block attachments > of any sort, viri or otherwise. However, there was a discussion on the list > a while back about using tools like Norton Anti-Virus to monitor SIMS > accounts folder -- when messages arrive, NAV scans them before SIMS > processes them further. I've never done this myself, so someone else on the > list will have to chime in with details. > > -- > Christopher Bort | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Webmaster, Global Homes | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://www.globalhomes.com/> > > ############################################################# > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
