Hi Michael, you could let "fetchmail" fetch the mail from the external (pop3) Server and let "amavis" check the incoming mail with f-prot. Than KMail can fetch the checked mail from the local postbox. Or you could go even one step further and use a forwarding-only smpt-server on your local computer and let amavis also check your outgoing mail. The f-prot for Linux packet includes also a script to check for and install new antivirus signature files from their ft-server. The whole stuff sounds more complicated than it is on a modern SuSE Linux system; most things are available via yast... (If you like, ask me for some concrete tips of installation on a German SuSE system via pm. I don't want to post the German names of settings-dialogues etc. on this english spoken list...) On Sonntag, 16. Februar 2003 00:25, Michael Hoeller wrote:
until now I don't scan my Linux only system for viruses, but since I get more and more MS Word Documents which I open with OpenOffice I fear that I get macro viruses, since OO convertes quite well. Do I need to be afraid of these viruses?
With Windows I used in the past f-prot (www.fprot.org) to scan my system, this is now also availabel for linux. How is the experience with this program?
I thought of installing the f-prot start command in KMail so that the Mail directory will be scanned when a Mail is received. I this a good idea or is thee a better solution for a dialin connecton?
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