Recommendation for "antivirus" software (MTA is qmail)

From: David Wolfskill (david_at_egation.com)
Date: 01/27/04

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    Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:18:20 -0800
To: isp@freebsd.org

    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@egation.com
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