sendmail anti-virus 'add-on'

2007-12-25 9:16:00

Original question:

Dear SMs,

Are there any anti-virus packages for sendmail I can install to check

all incoming/passing mail to the system for virusses?

Thanks

Answer:

"It's unclear to me why you would want to do such a thing, since viri

are not a significant threat to Unix systems, but the answer is no --

although some people may *claim* to have such packages. The problem

is that Unix's flexibility allows email to contain all sorts of data

-- uuencoded, gzipped, compressed, tar'd, etc. -- and that it would be

quite easy to disguise any malevolent piece of code using one or more

of those."

- Rich Kulawiec

Packages out there are Interscan Viruswall: http:/www.trendmicro.com

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