Re: Klez.H worm preserved in Debian BTS
On Oct 29, Adam Heath wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, David D. Kilzer wrote:
> > It might also be advisable to incorporate some email anti-virus scanning
> > software on the mail exchangers (MX) for debian.org (or for a subset of
> > the Debian mailing lists) since amavis-exim and clamscan are now
> > available in testing/unstable (assuming the mail exchangers could handle
> > the additional load).
>
> Again, you haven't been paying attention.
>
> lists.d.o runs mails from non-subscribers thru spamassassin already.
spamassassin is nice, but it doesn't scan for viruses (at least, not
directly, although some have giveaway subjects). Plus, the common
virii often masquerade email addresses, so messages should be scanned
regardless of who allegedly sent them.
Chris
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