I agree, my drive fills up pretty damn fast cleaning all these sobig.f viruses. I tried the cron job method like someone posted...
But it says bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long Does this mean there are too many files in the new dir? Nick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Dameron Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 12:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Qmail-scanner-general]I dont want to quarantine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sancho2k.net Lists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Evren Yurtesen wrote: > > I undstand why qmail scanner doesnt clean viruses but why does it have to > > quarantine them instead of discarding? Obviously it is dangerous for users > > even if they have virus scanners since they might not be up to date or > > something. Is there a way to drop emails with virus? > > The point is twofold. From the user's perspective, the important thing > is that they might need a copy of the message that is sent; quarantining > means that the original message is preserved for them - Just In Case. > > From the admins, and some users perspective, what difference is in > quarantining vs discarding? Either way the infected attachment is not > sent to them. The message is quarantined on the server, so viruses are > never sent on to the end-users. What danger does this pose them? > You obviously did not get hit that hard by the SoBig virus then. It can fill up a 40gig partition in less than a day. Each attachment is 100k. Brad ------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------- 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
