Re: [Clamav-users] RFC: Recognize mbox format

2007-10-12 Thread jef moskot
On Mon, 8 Oct 2007, Joao S Veiga wrote: > To me, is more logical/easier/less annoying to explode the mboxes ONLY if > something is found in them instead of exploding all the mboxes to scan them > (in > 99.842% of the cases, they will be clean anyway). If you use the SaneSecurity signatures, it is

Re: [Clamav-users] RFC: Recognize mbox format

2007-10-09 Thread Karsten Bräckelmann
On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 16:25 -0300, Joao S Veiga wrote: > > Of course. However, I got the impression that neither of the recent > > reporters does this additional step. Also, this gets even more annoying > > (and maybe impossible) when dealing with PST files (which one of the OPs > > does). > > Hi

Re: [Clamav-users] RFC: Recognize mbox format

2007-10-08 Thread Joao S Veiga
> > Unless you separate the mbox file(s) into maildir files and then you get exactly what > > you expect. It is, however, an annoying additional step one must take to > > ensure > > systems are as secure as possible. > > Of course. However, I got the impression that neither of the recent > repo

Re: [Clamav-users] RFC: Recognize mbox format

2007-10-08 Thread Karsten Bräckelmann
On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 09:15 -0700, Dennis Peterson wrote: > Karsten Bräckelmann wrote: > >>> Another downside of this approach, together with ClamAV treating mbox > >>> format files as text/plain is, that only the first hit will be reported. > >> That was made to improve performance, the Changelog

Re: [Clamav-users] RFC: Recognize mbox format

2007-10-08 Thread Dennis Peterson
Karsten Bräckelmann wrote: > On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 18:31 -0500, René Berber wrote: >> Karsten Bräckelmann wrote: > >>> Another downside of this approach, together with ClamAV treating mbox >>> format files as text/plain is, that only the first hit will be reported. >> That was made to improve perf

Re: [Clamav-users] RFC: Recognize mbox format

2007-10-08 Thread Karsten Bräckelmann
On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 18:31 -0500, René Berber wrote: > Karsten Bräckelmann wrote: > > Another downside of this approach, together with ClamAV treating mbox > > format files as text/plain is, that only the first hit will be reported. > > That was made to improve performance, the Changelog say so.

Re: [Clamav-users] RFC: Recognize mbox format

2007-10-04 Thread Jan-Pieter Cornet
On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 08:46:36PM -0700, Dennis Peterson wrote: > Any chance to set policy that requires the pattern writers anchor the > patterns so > they stay inside a message? I don't if the code can compile something like > this, but > it prevents (on first blush) spanning messages: > >

Re: [Clamav-users] RFC: Recognize mbox format

2007-10-03 Thread Dennis Peterson
Tomasz Kojm wrote: > On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:47:02 +0200 > Karsten Bräckelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 10:45 -0700, Dennis Peterson wrote: >>> Karsten Bräckelmann wrote: >> Developers, read on. :) >> Somewhat simplified, the signature reads "Subject with the strin

Re: [Clamav-users] RFC: Recognize mbox format

2007-10-03 Thread René Berber
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Karsten Bräckelmann wrote: [snip] > Another downside of this approach, together with ClamAV treating mbox > format files as text/plain is, that only the first hit will be reported. [snip] That was made to improve performance, the Changelog say so.

Re: [Clamav-users] RFC: Recognize mbox format (was: Re: Getting line numbers)

2007-10-03 Thread Tomasz Kojm
On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:47:02 +0200 Karsten Bräckelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 10:45 -0700, Dennis Peterson wrote: > > Karsten Bräckelmann wrote: > > Developers, read on. :) > > > > Somewhat simplified, the signature reads "Subject with the string game" > > > and "an I

Re: [Clamav-users] RFC: Recognize mbox format

2007-10-03 Thread Dennis Peterson
Karsten Bräckelmann wrote: > On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 10:45 -0700, Dennis Peterson wrote: >> Karsten Bräckelmann wrote: > > Developers, read on. :) > >>> Somewhat simplified, the signature reads "Subject with the string game" >>> and "an IP style http link". >>> >>> Scanning maildirs as well as scan

[Clamav-users] RFC: Recognize mbox format (was: Re: Getting line numbers)

2007-10-03 Thread Karsten Bräckelmann
On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 10:45 -0700, Dennis Peterson wrote: > Karsten Bräckelmann wrote: Developers, read on. :) > > Somewhat simplified, the signature reads "Subject with the string game" > > and "an IP style http link". > > > > Scanning maildirs as well as scanning individual messages before > >