Ok, The whole reason I'm asking this is because I'm getting these Microsoft Critical Update viruses that are getting through my scanner if they are in the whole message (ie.. all the purdy pictures...) but if I download it to my computer and try to send it t myself in a plain text e-mail it will get stopped... and someone on this list suggested upping the size of the message the virus scanner will scan to just over a meg (since these EXEs are about 800K sometimes)
On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 15:42, Jason Haar wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 10:47:08AM -0500, Matt wrote: > > Isn't that the size of an e-mail Q-Mail will accept? Someone told me > > that I need to increase the scanning size limit of qmail-scanner so that > > I can catch some of the viruses that are getting through the scanner? > > If you are running a AV system that requires more memory based on the size > of the message, then I'd strongly suggest you get a new AV system. > > [unless you are running your softlimits too close to the mimimun required: > I've always said find out how much memory you can run Q-S under, then add a > few extra meg (maybe 5M more?) just to cover the extra large messages] > > No properly written AV system should (say) need 5M more RAM for a 5M larger > message - it's not like they read the whole thing into memory or anything! > They should all have a "window" of the message they scan through - so memory > usage remains constant after a certain size is reached. -- Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Qmail-scanner-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general
