Recommendation for "antivirus" software (MTA is qmail)

[Scott Gerhardt]

On Jan 27, 2004, at 12:18 PM, David Wolfskill wrote:

> My boss, who persists in using a M$-based desktop, wants me to install
> an "antivirus solution" on our mail server.  In fairness, he also wants
> to reduce the expose to (and from) our customers (many of whom also run
> such systems).
>
> The MTA we currently use is qmail on a system running FreeBSD 4.8.
> As far as I can tell, that is for its ease of integration with
> vpopmail.  As far as this message is concerned, I am being agnostic
> with respect to the choice of qmail for the MTA; it was made prior
> to the start of my tenure here, and I am unwilling to make a change
> if I believe that the result will not be worth the effort and
> disruption.
>
> A small bit of background:  my employer is a nascent ISP, with a fair
> amount of emphasis on use of wireless (well, radio) technology.
>
> It would be useful to be able to also get some spam-avoidance  
> capability
> along with this.  That said, several of our salient resources are  
> limited.
>
> A quick look around the Web shows some plausible-looking contenders;
> what I seek are real-life experiences with these (or similar) products,
> or other aspects that may not be immediately obvious from reading the
> promotional material on the Web sites:
>
> * qmail-scanner, clamav, and spamassassin
>    
> http://clamav.elektrapro.com/doc/FreeBSD-HowTo/qmail-scanner-how- 
> to.html
>
> * Dr.Web for UNIX systems
>   http://www.dials.ru/english/dsav_toolkit/drwebunix.htm
>   [Also at http://www.advancedforce.com/antivirus/av_unixms.html ?]
>
> * RAV AntiVirus
>   http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/isp.php
>
> * Vexira Antivirus for Mail servers FreeBSD edition
>    
> http://www.ti.com.pl/antivirus.php?s=vexira&d=products&w=details&pid=8
>
> * AntiVir
>   http://www.hbedv.com/
>
> * Sophos PureMessage
>   http://www.sophos.com/products/pm/
>
> Each of the above (save the first) appears to be a commercial product.
> We are open -- in principle -- to any solution, whether free or fee.
>
> Thanks! (in advance)
>
> Peace,
> david
> -- 
> David H. Wolfskill                                 david at egation.com
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Note: RAV AntiVirus has been purchased/acquired by Microsoft.  I would  
suspect that Microsoft will utilize the RAV engine for Windows products  
and discontinue support for all UNIX implementations.