filtering exe attachments in kmail
hi, is there a way I can filter emails that have an exe attachment and move them to the trash in kmail ? I am getting several emails a week with some kind of windows virus. I am currenty looking into spamassassin, anyone good experience with this app ? Greetings Hnz /* and yes I did search google */ -- hnz geeratz mail: staff@room23.de web: www.room23.de
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hi,
is there a way I can filter emails that have an exe attachment and move them to the trash in kmail ? I am getting several emails a week with some kind of windows virus. I am currenty looking into spamassassin, anyone good experience with this app ?
http://dinamizm.ath.cx/spammail.html discusses how to setup spamassassin for Kmail -- Togan Muftuoglu Unofficial SuSE FAQ Maintainer http://dinamizm.ath.cx
On Sunday 15 September 2002 14:35, hnz geeratz wrote:
is there a way I can filter emails that have an exe attachment and move them to the trash in kmail ? I am getting several emails a week with some kind of windows virus. I am currenty looking into spamassassin, anyone good experience with this app ?
I use spamassassin and am very happy with it. One thing is to make sure you configure whitelist_from for mailing lists and things you are sure are okay. I got a number of mailing lists that kept on being reported as SPAM. Regards, jimmo -- --------------------------------------- "Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are." -- John Wooden --------------------------------------- Be sure to visit the Linux Tutorial: http://www.linux-tutorial.info --------------------------------------- NOTE: All messages sent to me in response to my posts to newsgroups or forums are subject to reposting.
Hi, James Mohr writes:
I use spamassassin and am very happy with it. One thing is to make sure you configure whitelist_from for mailing lists and things you are sure are okay. I got a number of mailing lists that kept on being reported as SPAM.
I simply set KMail to check with me before downloading any messages greater than 100k in size. My intent wasn't virus filtering, but I've noticed that this has effectively caught almost every single virus message (in the last three months). File attachments from colleagues I recognize by the subject and from lines. -- Kevin Pfeiffer International University Bremen
On Sunday 15 September 2002 23:07, K Pfeiffer wrote:
Hi,
James Mohr writes:
I use spamassassin and am very happy with it. One thing is to make sure you configure whitelist_from for mailing lists and things you are sure are okay. I got a number of mailing lists that kept on being reported as SPAM.
I simply set KMail to check with me before downloading any messages greater than 100k in size. My intent wasn't virus filtering, but I've noticed that this has effectively caught almost every single virus message (in the last three months). File attachments from colleagues I recognize by the subject and from lines.
That would catch just a very small percent of the messages I get. Typically they are just a few Kb HTML files or straight text. Since I get a lot of valid unsolicated email (because of my web site, see below), I cannot always tells just from the subject or from if the email is legitimate. Regards, jimmo -- --------------------------------------- "Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are." -- John Wooden --------------------------------------- Be sure to visit the Linux Tutorial: http://www.linux-tutorial.info --------------------------------------- NOTE: All messages sent to me in response to my posts to newsgroups or forums are subject to reposting.
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