[1st ANNOUNCEMENT] Virus-Filter/Blocker

jjma said:
It's been a while now since the last update on news on the development of virus blocker. I'm slightly confused as to what the plans are for this software following some of the threads of this forum. Are there any further developments?
Yes; if I just had an entire day to devote to it, I could finish it.
1) Is this product going to be available this year?
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Hopefully. I've cancelled my holiday trip to Idaho in the hopes I'll have time to finish it.
2) Are there two products. A commercial and a free edition? If so what is the eta release dates for each of these.
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I'd make the exim.conf file available as an open-source download first. That way anyone who wanted to implement it could do so.

Whether I'd go further than that with a commercial edition would depend on whether there was any interest in paying for a control panel for it.

Jeff
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I would like a default option of to accept email with viruses but add a warning to the email that a virus has been detected and be cautious if wanting to open the file, there can be an option in the DA gui for users to auto reject such email's.
 
jjma said:
Any eta on this?
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January 1st, 2005.

Obviously not met :( .

I feel like a guy treading water, I'm paddling as fast as I can, but I'm not getting anywhere.

Working on it in every moment of spare time.

No spare time :( .

Jeff
 
Chrysalis said:
I would like a default option of to accept email with viruses
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Then you won't want to use VirusBlocker.

Since VirusBlocker works by blocking viruses before accepting them on the server, it doesn't have them, so it can't deliver them.
but add a warning to the email that a virus has been detected and be cautious if wanting to open the file, there can be an option in the DA gui for users to auto reject such email's.
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Either you or someone else will have to create that using some of the virus-filtering tools already discussed on these forums; blocking can't do what you want.

Jeff
 
Can a domain be whitelisted so that they do not have virus emailed filtered out? I know it sounds crazy but some people albeit few might not want this.
 
Again, nothing is filtered out; it's totally blocked during the SMTP dialogue.

You will be able to choose whether or not you want VirusBlocker on a per domain level.

Jeff
 
Yes that is what I meant. Filtering was not the proper word to use. Thanks.
 
well there are a few valid reasons for viruses to be sent over email eg. I get some sent to me when we investigate DDOS attacks and these viruses are used to infect the zombie machines. I also dont like the idea of auto blocking emails by default because it will be a nightmare for support when user's start asking why email's arent getting through.
 
I don't see a problem. If your user wants emails with viruses, you can put them on the whitelist. The main advantage of VirusBlocker is that it frees up a lot of resources being wasted by viri infected emails. Most viri email is junk mail anyway.

However, VirusBlocker is not for everyone.
 
well they are my concerns I might still use it, I can just tell users before hand about viruses been blocked.
 
Chrysalis said:
well they are my concerns I might still use it, I can just tell users before hand about viruses been blocked.
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Our users certainly could use it and have asked for a solution asp. I hope the product is soon coming.

regards

Jon
 
Does this block the email at source like it will with virus blocker.
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If you read the first few lines of the how too... ;<)

This is a very basic how to on adding support for ClamAV to your Directadmin server. It simply rejects all messages containing viruses.
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Reading farther into it...

Unlike Mailscanner this rejects infected messages before accepting them.
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Having run Mailscanner on our old RAQ server for several years I think this rejecting virus infected messages is far superior to removing them. No quarantine or any of that to worry about. The sending MTA is responsible for sending any warnings but that is usually a virus anyway.

Matthew
 
I get further behind every day.

But we've hired someone, so that should change soon.

Jeff
 
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