[Cscmail-devel] Virus Scanner
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From: Gavin B. <jo...@sp...> - 2002-03-20 10:02:10
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Hi guys, It occured to me that it wouldn't be very difficult to implement a virus scanner within CSCMail, using File::Scan. Attachments could be scanned as they're retrieved, and an alert could be shown to the user. Admittedly, the risk of infection from a virus is quite low on a UNIX system, but being able to detect when you've received an infected document would be quite useful if you happen to be a UNIX user in an office of Windows boxen. I've been thinking about developing a patch, any thoughts before I give it a go? I haven't hacked the CSCMail code before, but it's something I've been thinking of doing for a while now. Gavin. -- Gavin Brown e: gav...@uk... w: http://jodrell.uk.net/ |