RE: [cobalt-users] Looking for good e-mail / virus filter for Qube 2

["Colin J. Raven" <cjraven@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dan Kriwitsky
>Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 06:57
>To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Looking for good e-mail / virus filter for
>Qube 2
>
>
>> >I am novice user looking for suggestions / links for
>> >e-mail/virus filtering software for the Qube 2.
>> >Minimally we would like to filter out  or
>> >quarentine attachments with .exe .vbs .bat .com extentions etc.
>>
>> Woof....big subject....*relatively* simple answer. One
>word...procmail.
>> Installed and fully available by default on a qube 2, procmail can
>> become your LDA
>> (local delivery agent) and in doing so can run filters
>against incoming
>> email....in almost any configuration you can imagine. In fact,
>> programming and imagination are procmails' only (practical)limits.
>>
>
>The other thing to keep in mind, talk to your lawyer, if
>you're selling any
>service promising to filter viruses for customers. Liability
>if you miss
>one.
>--
>Dan Kriwitsky
>

You raise an thought provoking point here. I wonder if *any* hosting
company or individual would (or so far has) ever advertised
"virus-prevention/screening/filtering" It would be a truly foolhardy
claim, and a potentially expensive excursion into digital litigation.
I imagine it's just better to quietly mangle or poison obvious known
virus payloads, and leave the balance of the endeavor to the client. Sad
statement to make, but true I believe. What I do here (internal company
matter, not a hosting issue in any way) is to grab and kill known
payloads, and anything else on the CERT list is added as it becomes
known.
Regards,
-Colin (Ô-Ô)
--
Colin J. Raven