Re: ClamAV with Alpine on Ubuntu

Ken Mankoff <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:44:27 -0500
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Interesting questions. I look forward to the other replies.=20

You could convert a copy of the mailbox to mbox format - each message gets i=
t's own file on disk I think. This might make identifying the message easier=
.=20

  -k.


On Feb 20, 2012, at 13:27, David Prager Branner <[email protected]> w=
rote:

> I am using Alpine 2.00 on Ubuntu 10.04.3 to access accounts on smtp.gmail.=
com, with great satisfaction. I have two questions.
>=20
> 1. Recently I discovered that the antivirus software ClamAV has identified=
 a virus =97 perhaps a false positive =97 in one of the "folder" files that A=
lpine saves messages to on my server. I'm unable to locate the offending tex=
t or code manually, and am wondering if Alpine can be configured to work wit=
h ClamAV to identify a specific message in a "folder" more precisely.
>=20
> 2. A related question is whether it is possible to configure Alpine to sca=
n incoming mail using ClamAV as it arrives, rather than when it is saved to d=
isk.
>=20
> I find no references to "clamav" in the archives of this list.
>=20
> Thanks for your help.
>=20
> Sincerely,
>=20
> David Branner
> brannerchinese.com
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<html><head></head><body bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><div>Interesting questions. I l=
ook forward to the other replies.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>You could c=
onvert a copy of the mailbox to mbox format - each message gets it's own fil=
e on disk I think. This might make identifying the message easier.&nbsp;</di=
v><div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"-webkit-tap-highlight-=
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230469); "><br></span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"-=
webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-=
fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: r=
gba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">&nbsp;&nbsp;-k.</span></div><div><br></div></=
div><div><br>On Feb 20, 2012, at 13:27, David Prager Branner &lt;<a href=3D"=
mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>=
<br></div><div></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>I am using Alpine 2.00 o=
n Ubuntu 10.04.3 to access accounts on <a href=3D"http://smtp.gmail.com">smt=
p.gmail.com</a>, with great satisfaction. I have two questions.<br>
<br>
1. Recently I discovered that the antivirus software ClamAV has=20
identified a virus =E2=80=94 perhaps a false positive =E2=80=94 in one of th=
e "folder"=20
files that Alpine saves messages to on my server. I'm unable to locate the o=
ffending text=20
or code manually, and am wondering if Alpine can be configured to work=20
with ClamAV to identify a specific message in a "folder" more precisely.<br>=

<br>
2. A related question is whether it is possible to configure Alpine to=20
scan incoming mail using ClamAV as it arrives, rather than when it is=20
saved to disk.<br>
<br>
I find no references to "clamav" in the archives of this list.<br>
<br>
Thanks for your help.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
David Branner<br><a href=3D"http://brannerchinese.com">brannerchinese.com</a=
><br>
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