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MailScanner is a complete e-mail security system designed for use on
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e-mail gateways. It protects against viruses, and detects attacks against
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e-mail client packages (such as Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora). It can
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also detect almost all unsolicited commercial e-mail (spam) passing through
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it and respond to all incidents in a wide variety of ways.
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Not only can it scan for known viruses, but it can also protect against unknown
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viruses hidden inside e-mail attachments by refusing entry to attachments whose
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filenames match any given pattern. This can include generic patterns that trap
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filenames attempting to hide the true filename extension (e.g. ".txt.vbs").
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It is superior to many commercial packages in its ability to handle attacks
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against itself, such as Denial Of Service attacks caused by messages containing
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the "Zip of Death". It is easy to install into an existing e-mail gateway,
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requiring very little knowledge of sendmail and no change to an existing
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sendmail configuration.
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MailScanner itself is entirely open source, but it uses widely known commercial
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virus scanning packages at its core. The other software it uses is all high
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quality open source software, leading to a system that can be trusted for
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performance and reliability.
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WWW: http://www.mailscanner.info
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