> > If you are simply blocking attachments using qmail-scanner, it's doing > exactly what you asked. > > So it's stopping illegal attachments, despite they have viruses > or not, and > telling it has found an illegal attachment. > > More than an antivirus, blocking attachment may be seen as a company > policy, where you block .exe, .bat, .zip for whenever reasons. > You may use > this feature for preventing viruses as well, but it's simply stopping > illegal attachments. > > If you want to know more (and block only attachments with > viruses), use an > antivirus product and don't stop those attachments. > > Tonino >
Blocking attachments has more use than just satisifying company policies but gives you defense against new virus outbreaks before your antivirus vendor knows about them. In that case I do not feel comfortable with just using an antivirus scanner alone to defend against viruses. For maximum protection you must use both. It would be nice to have the ability to run the AV scanner first to determine what type of virus that it is instead of just "illegal attachment". It is just an informational need but would be nice. --- Ed. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Qmail-scanner-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general
