[TriLUG] anti-virus mail gateway

Glenn Meyer me at glennmeyer.com
Fri Jan 17 16:14:53 EST 2003


Perfect!  Thank you Chris!

Chris Bullock wrote:

> Go here I downloaded this Monday, just select the get Linux now download 
> the rpm
> http://www.f-prot.com/download/getfplinfree.html
> 
> --cgb
> Glenn Meyer wrote:
> 
>> Has anyone figured out how to take advantage of this offer?  When I 
>> follow that URL, I see the same:
>> > License shall be without charge for personal users of F-Prot Linux for
>> > Small Business, when used on personal workstations.
>>
>> However, I can't figure out how to get to the download without going 
>> through the official order form and coughing up a credit card number. 
>> Any thoughts?  Thanks!
>>
>> Michael Thompson wrote:
>>
>>> I believe this (Mailscanner) works with f-prot, which is reasonably
>>> priced.  I wonder if non-profit use might fall under the personal use
>>> license?
>>>
>>> --mwt
>>>
>>> <snip from http://www.f-prot.com/products/fplin.html >
>>>
>>> The annual license fee for F-Prot Linux for Small Business is $300 per
>>> server, and includes one year of virus signature updates, version
>>> upgrades, and e-mail technical support.
>>>
>>> License shall be without charge for personal users of F-Prot Linux for
>>> Small Business, when used on personal workstations.
>>>
>>> </snip>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 10:09, Jon Carnes wrote:
>>>
>>>> You're looking for Mailscanner
>>>> http://freshmeat.net/projects/mailscanner/?topic_id=28%2C29%2C151
>>>>
>>>> It requires a separate Anti-virus package that runs on Linux, but that
>>>> is just one license (as opposed to a bunch of individual licenses).
>>>>
>>>> At least a few Triluggers have set it up and have it running.  Works
>>>> great and integrates with SpamAssassin.  Good Luck!
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 23:43, Jason Tower wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> i need to come up with a centralized anti-virus solution for a 
>>>>> project i'm working on at my wife's non-profit agency.  i'm moving 
>>>>> them from external POP mail to an internal mail server, probably 
>>>>> running postfix.  currently they are using norton anti-virus on 
>>>>> each desktop but the cost and effort of maintaining it has already 
>>>>> become impractical.  in order to ditch the NAV, i'd like to set up 
>>>>> an anti-virus mail gateway, either on the mail server itself or on 
>>>>> a seperate box, that will scan incoming mail for nasties, 
>>>>> quarantine anything objectionable, and pass the clean stuff to the 
>>>>> real MTA.  spam control/content filtering is not a concern at this 
>>>>> point.  i've done this several times before using trend micro's 
>>>>> interscan procuct, and it has always worked well.  but that is a 
>>>>> proprietry, somewhat expensive product (it does run on linux 
>>>>> though) and i'd like to use OSS if possible.  has anyone set this 
>>>>> kind of thing up before?
>>>>>
>>>>> jason
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