[Mimedefang] Virus scanning

[David Crowfoot]

Thank you for the reply.  Yes, each message was generated by qmail. 
Didn't notice that the first time I looked.

Dave Crowfoot


>>> dfs at roaringpenguin.com Monday, January 03, 2005 2:02:16 PM >>>
On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, David Crowfoot wrote:

> When some emails come in from a null sender (<>) and contain a file
> attachment listed in the filter (SCR,COM) and a virus (Sober.J), the
> filter just adds the Header that it went through MIMEDefang, but it
> never catches the virus OR file attachment.  All other virual emails
are
> caught.

Probably the bounce is generated by qmail, which puts the entire
original
message in a plain-text reply.  Since it's just a plain text message,
a proper MIME decoder won't decode it and won't even see the virus.

This shouldn't be a problem unless your e-mail client tries to be
clever [sic] and "decode" the plain-text message as if it were a MIME
message.  If your e-mail client does this, then it's time to get a new
e-mail client.

Regards,

David.
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