On Monday 26 January 2004 5:55 pm, Chris Gray wrote: > I am using FC1 as a mail server and use ClamAV to protect against > viruses. Clam has killed around 200 emails in the last hour from a > variety of hosts. Each email contained the Worm.SCO.A virus. > > What I need to know is: Is this a DoS or some other kind of concentrated > attack and - if so - how do I combat it? > > Thanks in advance... > > Chris Gray > > You might want to check out MailScanner (http://www.mailscanner.info) This is a spam checker and allows you to add virus scanning to all inbound and outbound mail. It also helps if your being hit with DoS mail-bombs. I use it in conjunction with F-Prot and Clamav virus scanners. You can have more than one virus scanner checking your mail (just in case.) Mike W -- Registered Linux - 256979 (http://counter.li.org for more information) NRA Life ARS: W0TMW -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by F-Prot and MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
