[NTLUG:Discuss] Anti-Virus/Anti-Spamming for Sendmail on Linux

[Douglas King]

Try THIS program...it's FREE, works GREAT, and EASY to install.  It uses 
name brand virus programs, and spam assassin to control the SPAM.  I set 
the spam to a 9 in the settings to keep from loosing good messages.  The 
program...?  Try http://www.mailscanner.info.  It has caught EVERY virus 
sent to it.  It also notifies the sender, recipient, and admin of an 
infected message.  it has very friendly controls for it's 
functionality....try it, you'll LOVE IT!  It has been on my Redhat / 
Sendmail server since October 2002.  I average about 30,000 e-mails per 
month and about 600 of them are reported infected.  Average delay in 
message handling with MY setup is about 3 seconds per message.  They claim 
the longest delay to be at the 10 second area, but that is a very high 
capacity server.....100,000 + messages per day.






>-----Original Message-----
>From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org]On Behalf
>Of Bob Byron
>Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 11:09 AM
>To: discuss at ntlug.org
>Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Anti-Virus/Anti-Spamming for Sendmail on Linux
>
>
>   I am using RedHat 8.0.
>
>   I want to add anti-virus and anti-spamming software to our email server.
>   I am currently using sendmail.  To clarify, this is going on the server
>and
>   not on individual machines.  Basically, as email passes through this
>   machine, when a virus is found, I want the server to send the email
>   as an attachment to an email message saying "The attached email was
>   sent to you and appears to contain a virus.  Do not open this email
>without
>   talking to the sender and are assured of its validity."  The actual
>verbiage
>   could be different, but I do want to make sure they get there email even
>   if it does contain a virus.
>
>   In the case of spam, I would simply like the software to prepend
>   [spam] to the subject of those messages it thinks are spam.  It would be
>   nice if the user can train the anti-spamming virus by sending back
>   messages that it thinks are spam vs. those that are legitimate.
>
>   I would want the virus dictionary to be updated very quickly.  Any
>   suggestions on a good package?  Open source and free is always
>   preferable, but given the nature of what is required, I am just looking
>   for a good value on what I would have to pay for the software and
>   update service.
>
>   Thank You,
>   Bob Byron