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Re: AntiVirus + MAIL



Hi Rich,

Very very thanks.

At the moment I'm downloading the clamav...
My 30 days eval. of RAV AntiVirus expired... I will update it to
CLAMAV now...

@ 8/10, Rich Puhek:

>
>
> jozeph@globalmedia.com.br wrote:
>
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > What is the best FREE antivirus solution for Linux and SMTP Scanning ?
> >
> > Greats,
> > Jozeph
> >
> >
>
> amavis + clamav
>
> Both are packaged nicely with Debian. About the only complaint I have
> with Amavis is that there are about 300 bastard children (amavis,
> amavisd, amavisd-new, amavis-ng, amavis-new, amavis-perl, probably
> amavisd-ng-bob for all I know) so it can get confusing to figure out
> what program you're dealing with.
>
> The really nice thing is that Amavis is very flexible... looks like it
> will work with just about any MTA under the sun, can hook into any virus
> scanner, has SpamAssassin hooks (if you want to run SA from there, I
> don't), and lots of other bells and whistles.
>
> Clamav is packaged with Debian, and includes a cron job to update the
> virus database. It seems to be catching the majority of the MS Worm
> crap, which is probably what you want an AV system for, anyhow.
>
> --Rich
>
> _________________________________________________________
>
> Rich Puhek
> ETN Systems Inc.
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> Hibbing MN 55746
>
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