From: Reindl Harald
why would someone implement a virus scanner on the IMAP-level? what happens with POP3?
this has to be done on SMTP level long before the message is stored and not every time a client is downloading a message
Or, as an alternative, most desktop antivirus tools have a mail-scanning capability. But SMTP is certainly better (though IMO even that is not really needed if you have reasonable antispam filtering and think before opening attachments).
CheersEugene
