Re: Simple way to scann all incoming and outgoing e-mails for viruses
On 2021-11-19, Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 08:11:26AM +0100, john doe wrote:
>> Debians,
>>
>> My MUA is connecting to mail.com for imap and smtp.
>> I have a Debian gateway server that I would like to use to scann e-mails
>> sent and reseaved.
>
> What does that mean?
> Can you please be more specific.
>
>
>>
>> Is there a way to scann incoming and outcoming e-mails on those ports
>> for viruses?
>
> Yes
>
>>
>> What I'm trying to avoid is to change the connection settings in my MUAs.
>
> If I understand your first line correctly you are connecting directly with
> your MUA to connect to the imap server of mail.com.
> In this case you have to scan with your MUA.
That's not how I'm understanding him. I think he wants something like
https://www.mailscanner.info/ on the gateway, which would pass things
on to and from the MUAs transparently.
>> I'm not sure how realistic this is so I might refine my question based
>> on the provided answers.
>
> I am not familiar with mail.com. But do they scan and set any header
> based on the scan?
> In that case you might to create a imapsieve filter on the imap server
> to sort suspicious mail into a spam folder.
>
>
>>
>> --
>> John Doe
>>
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