Re: Getting rid of worms and viruses
On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 02:43, Ross Boylan wrote:
> I have been getting over 100 of these stupid MS virus emails a day.
> Some are the "install this patch from MS" variety, while some are
> embedded in returns of mail I didn't send.
>
> This is driving me nuts, and certainly proves that Windows viruses can
> be very harmful to Linux users, even if they can't replicate on Linux.
> What do I need to take care of this (i.e., automatically delete the
> junk)? In particular, will anti-spam software (e.g., spamassassin)
> take it out, or do I need anti-virus software (e.g., amavis)?
>
> Is there a clear dividing line between anti-spam and anti-virus
> anymore? And do people have recommendations other than spamassassin
> and amavis?
>
> I run Debian systems at home and work, with somewhat different
> configurations. I plan to migrate home to exim4 at some point, so
> really stuff that works with that would be best. Here are some high
> points of the systems:
> Home: ISP (earthlink) -> dialup -> fetchmail -> exim3 -> mbox
> Work: the internet -> exim4 -> courier IMAP server
>
> I'm getting hit on both accounts, and work forwards to home for even
> more fun. Earthlink claims this is not their problem, which is an
> absurd position, but I'm stuck with it for now.
Read the thread "MS Mail Bombs" that started a few days ago,
particularly:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200309/msg03898.html
Note that because of the way the mailing list archiver mangles
attachments, the part that starts with
'LOGFILE=/home/pigeon/mailfilter.log' is ~/.mailfilterrc
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Jefferson, LA USA
Spit in one hand, and wish for peace in the other.
Guess which is more effective...
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