On Fri, 9 Jun 2000 09:47 , John Burnham <jpb@???> said:
>
> >
> > you may have already had this question, but basically I'd like to know
> if
> > there is any antivirus that would exist for Linux and that would work
> on the
> > email server straight.
> >
> > For instance I received once a message back from a server cos' the
> message I
> > sent had a virus (the guy I sent this message to tehrefore didn't get
> it).
> >
> > Would this 'antivirus' be expensive or free??
> >
> There is a product called Amavis which you can use with Exim and a virus
> checking package. Have a look at www.amavis.org
> There are a number of anti-virus products that will run on Linux.
A second to the above and for home/personal (and Linux), there is at least
one free product which works very well. The whole thing works more or less
put of the box for incoming mail.
Alan Thew