On Saturday 02 July 2005 09:26, Philippe Vogel wrote:
Hi! <snip> We use antivir, fprot, sophos and clamav on our mailgateway. As a reaction against virus our mailserver 'magically' rejects executable attachements (so av software is normally not used much by it). The best solution is not to use antivir's mailscanner but use amavis or other solutions.
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Philippe Well done you! I keep telling folks not to let html mail thru also... but I get a whole lot of noise about blocking it. <sigh> Some people just have to be bitten I guess. I got my linux installs and wiped out windows on this network when sirchan ( spelling??) hit, and one important user got one w/ the nasty payload.. took 9 hrs to get his box back to where he could begin working again. That made him order the change.. and we have had no nasties since...
My kid says the same thing. She had her home on a linux box for over a year and never had any bad things happen, had windows xp for a month and got several virii and a whole boatload of spyware... usually attached to things the kids downloaded from ( get this) school approved sites! DUMB school. For now, since hubby's schoolwork has to be done via windows for <choke> "security " reasons.. ROFL It's enough to make you crazy, in'it? -- j