Richard Feldmann wrote: > > It might be best to find a scanning system that checks at the smtp level, > rather than scanning the mailbox of the user manually. This would delete the > virus as it's being transferred while preserving the message, and you > wouldn't have the same issue of having the entire mailbox being deleted. > That's not standard practice. Most sites not only scan as mail comes in via SMTP, but they also scan *nightly* the end mailstores to pick up viruses missed at the SMTP level (e.g. Day-Zero viruses)
Just because a message got delivered doesn't mean it doesn't have a virus... -- Cheers Jason Haar Information Security Manager, Trimble Navigation Ltd. Phone: +64 3 9635 377 Fax: +64 3 9635 417 PGP Fingerprint: 7A2E 0407 C9A6 CAF6 2B9F 8422 C063 5EBB FE1D 66D1 _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
