On Tuesday, May 14, 2002, Michael T. Ashby wrote... > My questions are:
> 1. Can this be done? Stripping attachments is a pain, and I'm not sure TB! can do it. Although if you have access to the mail server, and it is running procmail, you could force it to mangle the extension, so it forces you to save the file before you can open it... this will guarantee that your virus scanner (if installed) will read the file. > 2. If so, what recommended extensions should be excluded? TB! isn't at risk from a lot of auto-executing code viruses such as Nimda, Melissa, Klez etc as it doesn't support a lot of the HTML code that forces it to run. If you're worried about attachments, just don't open it. You should know if it's a trusted source. Also bug your mail server admin see if they can get a good virus scanner installed on there to check incoming mail. If it is a Unix type server, they may want to look for a program called MailScanner (GPL'd) which can be used with a majority of the common server virus scanners (I personally advise Sophos). If all that still makes you worried... install the latest scanner on your desktop as well, and get it to check for updates daily. -- Jonathan Angliss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60k FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://bt.ritlabs.com
