Re: [Cscmail-devel] Virus Scanner

[John S. <su...@os...>]

> 
> 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.

Unless CSCMail has a common API with some other email clients it's not 
going to be affected by any virus written for those.

Unless it provides some means of running executable content then it 
cannot be affected by any virus.

If you want to scan for undesirable content, better to it in procmail 
or your NTA.


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