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Date:	Sun, 19 Oct 2003 12:28:16 PDT7
From:	"Larry Tawa" <laror@dslextreme.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Rejected messages that I never sent

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In <55546.22.15.27.12.10.2003@constellation>, on 10/12/2003
at 10:04 PM, "Gary Granat" said:

>I'm reposting this response for your consideration:
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>On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 16:06:07 -0600 (MDT), Gary Granat wrote:

>>On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 10:18:56 PDT7, Peter Skye wrote:
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>>>> >Finally, although I've never used it there is a commercial
>>>> >OS/2 virus filter which will catch spam containing viruses.
>>>> >(Apologies, I can't remember its name.)
>>>>
>>>> Hit your head a couple times, please. :) Sounds useful.
>>>
>>>Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Nope, still can't remember. Anybody know?
>>
>>This sounds suspiciously like "Norman Virus Control". I don't have any
>>first-hand knowledge of the product, but the V.O.I.C.E. folks have done some
>>group purchase of it, IIRC.

>--gary
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>ggranat@earthlink.net

Gary,

I saw your initial post. Since I have Norman 5.x for OS/2 (registered), I
tested your premise.

Prior to Norman 5.6x for OS/2, this antivirus program could not scan email
attachments, IIRC - Norman at the 5.6 level which is very recent (days
old) can now scan email attachments.

To the best of my knowledge, no OS/2 antivirus program by itself can scan
your email on-the-fly, ie as the email comes into to your intranet; the
antivirus program for the client must be enabled, say via REXX, though the
email client or the individual's mail server (we are not talking about the
ISPs mail server).

I will have more to say later, but I may have found a bug/buglet - need to
do more testing; I was not looking for bus; again just testing your
premise! I am using Norman antivirus 5.6x for OS/2, ZxMail Server 1.2.15,
and MR/2 ICE 2.37.

Of course these tests have been tested on my intranet, not the internet.

Regards.

Larry
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