Antivir and FoxMail (mail file crash)

[Morgan Ohlson]

When AV is set to filter email virus the Foxmail boxes crashes.

They can cooperate if AV email filter is disabled.


1) Is this an usual problem? ...also to other AV and mailclients?

2) Should I exchange AV or Foxmail to solve this? I like to have an active
email antivirus shield if possible.


Morgan O.

 

[mthatcher1234]

The most likely explanation is that AV is deleting one of your
mailboxes. Each mailbox consists of 2 folders, one with extension .box
and the other .ind.
Foxmail regenerates empty mailbox folders on restart and when this
happens the information held in .ind is incorrect because .box is now
empty but .ind contains information about the previous state of .box.
The program now reports that your mailbox is corrupt.

 

[rm]

Le Fri, 07 Oct 2005 07:08:28 GMT, Morgan Ohlson a écrit :

When AV is set to filter email virus the Foxmail boxes crashes.

They can cooperate if AV email filter is disabled.


1) Is this an usual problem? ...also to other AV and mailclients?

same problem if AV cannot clean correctly proprietary mailbox format

2) Should I exchange AV or Foxmail to solve this? I like to have an active
email antivirus shield if possible.

you can try other email client, but you guess the problem resolution:
don't automatically clean infected mailbox, just alert and do the job with
foxmail.

even if a mail contain a virus, a mail isn't a virus by itself.

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[Morgan Ohlson]

The most likely explanation is that AV is deleting one of your
mailboxes. Each mailbox consists of 2 folders, one with extension .box
and the other .ind.
Foxmail regenerates empty mailbox folders on restart and when this
happens the information held in .ind is incorrect because .box is now
empty but .ind contains information about the previous state of .box.
The program now reports that your mailbox is corrupt.

I don't really sort this out....

Is Foxmail in this sense, more vurnerable compared to other mail clients?
Will the same happen with Pegasus and Antivir?

....never had this problem with OE.


Morgan O.

 

[Morgan Ohlson]

When AV is set to filter email virus the Foxmail boxes crashes.

They can cooperate if AV email filter is disabled.


1) Is this an usual problem? ...also to other AV and mailclients?

2) Should I exchange AV or Foxmail to solve this? I like to have an active
email antivirus shield if possible.

But please...

Isn't there anyone out there who has a virus guard /shield that works in
combination with ANY free mail client!!!??? (deleteing virus mails without
box crash)

Your knowledge requested...
Thanks in advance!


Morgan O.

 

[rm]

Le lundi 10 octobre 2005 à 09:31:34, Morgan Ohlson a écrit :

But please...
hello,

Isn't there anyone out there who has a virus guard /shield that works in
combination with ANY free mail client!!!??? (deleteing virus mails without
box crash)

-Antivirus don't have to work with an email client.
-Antivirus must block or avoid virus infection.
-Receiving an email is not a virus infection.
-a virus in a mailbox isn't an executable file (just few ascii characters)
for the system, so antivirus don't have to delete mailboxes.
-some Antivirus works like POP/SMTP proxy, so they usualy can block virus
without altering mailbox (BTW, they cause sometimes timeout or time latency

Your knowledge requested...

IMHO, just configure antivirus to *monitor and block virus execution*
and *don't care about email*

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