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Section: Unix

 

Added: Sun, Aug 12th 2001 16:26 UTC (7 years, 3 months ago) Updated: Wed, Jun 7th 2006 05:16 UTC (2 years, 5 months ago)


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MailScanner is an email virus scanner, vulnerability protector, and spam tagger. It supports the Postfix, Sendmail, Exim, Qmail, and ZMailer MTAs, and the Sophos, McAfee, F-Prot, F-Secure, CommandAV, InoculateIT, Inoculan, eTrust, Kaspersky, Nod32, AntiVir, BitDefender, RAV, Panda, DrWeb, ClamAV, and other anti-virus scanners. It uses SpamAssassin for highly successful spam identification, and is designed to handle denial of service attacks. It will detect password-protected zip files and apply filename checking to their contents. It is very easy to install, requires no changes at all to your sendmail.cf file, is designed to be lightweight, and won't grind your mail system to a halt with its load. It can be integrated into any email system, regardless of the software in use.

Author:
Julian Field [contact developer]

Rating:
8.73/10.00 (139 votes)

Homepage:
http://www.mailscanner.info/
Tar/GZ:
http://www.mailscanner.info/[..]/tar/MailScanner-install-4.54.6-1.tar.gz
Changelog:
http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog
RPM package:
http://www.mailscanner.info/[..]es/4/rpm/MailScanner-4.54.6-1.rpm.tar.gz
Debian package:
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/mail/mailscanner.html
Mailing list archive:
http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.mailscanner

Trove categories: [change]
[Development Status]  5 - Production/Stable
[Environment]  No Input/Output (Daemon)
[Intended Audience]  System Administrators
[License]  OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]  POSIX, POSIX :: AIX, POSIX :: BSD, POSIX :: HP-UX, POSIX :: Linux, POSIX :: Other, POSIX :: SunOS/Solaris
[Programming Language]  Perl, Unix Shell
[Topic]  Communications :: Email, Communications :: Email :: Filters, System :: Networking :: Firewalls

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 
Project admins: [change]
» Julian Field (Owner)

» Rating: 8.73/10.00 (Rank 111)
» Vitality: 0.05% (Rank 1785)
» Popularity: 20.81% (Rank 50)

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   Record hits: 158,899
   URL hits: 131,726
   Subscribers: 564

Projects depending on this project:
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 Comments

[»] great software
by ovacikar - May 5th 2004 13:01:43

I installed Mailscanner along with clamav on a Pentium II - 64 MB ram linux box and its doing great job for my company, about 60 users, scanning both inbound and outbound mail traffic for Lotus Notes.
The built-in SPAM checking based on online RBL lists was so efficient that i didnt need SpamAssasin at all.

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[»] Top Shelf!!
by Tom Jackson - Feb 20th 2004 06:51:42

This is an outstanding package. Running on Redhat ES 3.0 no problem.Can be installed in under 5 mins out-of-the-box. Just install a virus program, make a small change in the MailScanner.conf file and your done!Take a look on the pricing on an enterprise class scanner (Very expensive).

Great job.. Top shelf

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[»] Outstanding package
by 451422 - Jun 4th 2003 20:42:16

I must say this is an outstanding package that does exactly as the theme states. I am very pleased with the results I have attained. The solution for SPAM is now at hand. Thanks, Julian! There aren't many packages like this today.

sd

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sd

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    [»] Re: Outstanding package
    by Gilgongo - Aug 24th 2003 13:03:38

    Absolutely - an ocean of calm compared with the living hell of AmAviS.

    The only slight downer is that the author seems to be holding back on the old documentation, and support in general is pretty thin. A poor FAQ, no mailing list(!) and advanced customisation completely undocumented (well, there is the source...).

    But more power to their commercial services I suppose... Mustn't grumble.

    --
    Gone are the days when you could say "Those were the days."

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      [»] Re: Outstanding package
      by Gilgongo - Aug 24th 2003 13:29:48


      > A poor FAQ, no
      > mailing list(!) and advanced

      Oops! I take that back - just seen the mailing list link on the home page... sorry.

      --
      Gone are the days when you could say "Those were the days."

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[»] the best election
by Edgard Matamala C. - Jan 22nd 2003 14:41:12

easy install, configure and operate...

the best election if you need make your life like administrator easy...

Goooood Job

--
Edgarcom

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[»] Perfect!
by fcaen - Jul 18th 2002 17:19:10

This program is amazing: it is a perfect example of good open-source development. It installs flawlessly, is very well documented, and works beautifully. Julian, the maintainer, replies to all the questions on the mailing list.
THANK YOU!
Francois Caen

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[»] Mailscanner has made my life easier
by fizz - Jun 13th 2002 17:52:15

Ya, i know, sounds corney, but im a system admin, and we process about 75000 messages a day, and with this, i no longer have to worry about virus's and so much junk mail!

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[»] Best open source one.
by Marc - Apr 8th 2002 09:58:42


As easy as powerful to install, configure and use.
I like it much more than AMaViS

Try it.

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[»] Great software
by juraj - Feb 26th 2002 09:39:15

This software is the best one, I have to make email antivirus scan on Sendmail. I tried amavis, inflex, but this one is the best choise.

fast and very easy to install

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[»] Sex on toast - Keep it up
by Rishi Gangoly - Jan 27th 2002 09:01:14

This is really great. For a non-programmer type of person like me, it took hardly any time to install, intergrate.

I did not RTFM and so thus got screwed in one section.

I used it with FREE f-prot and its great. The SPAM filter is also pretty awesome.

Just download this and plug it into your system.

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    [»] Re: Sex on toast - Keep it up
    by greenmoss - Mar 7th 2002 15:05:40


    > This is really great. For a
    > non-programmer type of person like me,
    > it took hardly any time to install,
    > intergrate.
    >
    > I did not RTFM and so thus got screwed
    > in one section.
    >
    > I used it with FREE f-prot and its
    > great. The SPAM filter is also pretty
    > awesome.
    >
    > Just download this and plug it into
    > your system.

    So how does one get ahold of f-prot for free? I can't seem to find it...

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      [»] Re: Sex on toast - Keep it up
      by Julian Field - Mar 7th 2002 17:52:57


      >
      > % This is really great. For a
      > % non-programmer type of person like
      > me,
      > % it took hardly any time to
      > install,
      > % intergrate.
      > %
      > % I did not RTFM and so thus got
      > screwed
      > % in one section.
      > %
      > % I used it with FREE f-prot and its
      > % great. The SPAM filter is also
      > pretty
      > % awesome.
      > %
      > % Just download this and plug it
      > into
      > % your system.
      >
      >
      > So how does one get ahold of f-prot
      > for free? I can't seem to find it...

      http://www.f-prot.com/f-prot/download/getfplinfree.html

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        [»] Re: Sex on toast - Keep it up
        by greenmoss - Mar 18th 2002 13:40:32


        >
        > %
        > % % This is really great. For a
        > % % non-programmer type of person
        > like
        > % me,
        > % % it took hardly any time to
        > % install,
        > % % intergrate.
        > % %
        > % % I did not RTFM and so thus got
        > % screwed
        > % % in one section.
        > % %
        > % % I used it with FREE f-prot and
        > its
        > % % great. The SPAM filter is also
        > % pretty
        > % % awesome.
        > % %
        > % % Just download this and plug it
        > % into
        > % % your system.
        > %
        > %
        > % So how does one get ahold of
        > f-prot
        > % for free? I can't seem to find
        > it...
        >
        >
        >
        > http://www.f-prot.com/f-prot/download/getfplinfree.html

        ah, thanks...

        note that this is actually "beta software", not "free"... it looks like they intend to charge for it once it's out of the beta-testing stage

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    [»] Re: Sex on toast - Keep it up
    by Debarasatorul - Feb 3rd 2004 15:47:50

    I've tested before Amavis, but now I am delighted about MailScanner. I simply recommend it! I am using Slackware 9.1.0, Postfix-2.0.18 and after I've turned on MailScanner+ClamAV +SpamAssassin, most of the problems went off. Great job, congratulations to the author!

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[»] Great tool
by Jeff - Jan 4th 2002 13:17:25

I am very impressed at this tool. In less than a day we were able to remove over 1500 viruses from our incoming mail. It was easy to setup and easier to use. Simply plug it in and it goes.

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[»] MailScanner
by Christoph 'Medivh' Kuhles - Dec 3rd 2001 11:42:06

Installed on our mail systems today, installation worked without any problems, it just started working. Never seen something as easy to implement and functioning as great as MailScanner.

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[»] MailScanner
by Norm - Nov 16th 2001 14:28:00

We have battled with SirCam, Nimda, etc as you have. This program snips them and informs all parties. It is really acting as a front line of defense. I installed it on a test server and then our production server in one evening. It actually worked without a hitch. (Emails with attachments will be delayed, but it's worth it for a clean email system)

As a small college with only 3 in the IT Dept this program makes us look good.

--
~Hey I can say even dummer thing!

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[»] MailScanner
by Bill Gray - Oct 15th 2001 11:26:44

Installed on two RH Linux boxes flawlessly, except
for embarassing operator errors. This software started working out-of-the-box with zero problems. Very impressive.

--
Bill Gray

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[»] SysAdmins: Go for it!
by lnxflocki - Oct 9th 2001 16:30:22

+ Fits easily into running systems
+ Flexible
+ Great support from author

Much easier and much more reliable than e.g. 'amavis'

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[»] MailScanner implementation
by Jeffrey A. Clark - Sep 24th 2001 15:34:33

This product went in flawlessly. From nothing, to fully functional in about 4 hours, on a Solaris 8 server. Just an outstanding piece of software!

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