Re: virus scanner

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 09:36, Rick Stevens wrote:
>
> > Mick Mearns wrote:
> >
> > > Hello list;
> > >  with the new MS virus out'n about I am looking for recommendations on a
> > > scanner.
> > > Is there one that uses Nortons definitions that runs under Linux?
> > > I want to scan the families Win98se partition.
> > > We do not use any MS mail programs, or address books.
> > >
> > > I want to do a stand alone scan.
> >
> > ClamAV (www.clamav.net) is one I use.
>
>
> Imagine my surprise. I've just started checking this out today and
> here's Rick recommending it.

Hey, it works for my sendmail system!  It ties in well and it's
fast (I handle 12-18M messages a day--I need SPEED!).

> Question - how do I set this up on my workstation to work with
> Evolution? I'm not running any mail servers. Currently Evolution just
> goes to my ISP to get mail.

Good question.  Looking at Evolution, it appears you could set up
a wildcard filter that runs clamscan on each message, and depending on
clamscan's result code (0=clean, 1=virus), do something with it.

You could also use "fetchmail" to get your mail and have procmail call
clamscan for you.  Then have Evolution pick up the mail from your
local mailbox.

I don't use Evolution that much (hardly ever, actually).  I generally
use Mozilla Mail or fetchmail/Mozilla.
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