[sclug] Linux Virus and Spam control

[J. Mann]

> What are the options for spam and virus management for Linux at the
> moment (virus as in  Linux vulnerabilities and plug ins (OSS) for
> sendmail, custom proxy maybe or other products such as Exim. What about
> vulnerable MS desktops)? How does these things integrate into the
> different apps (is everything done via proxy or are there specific
> plugins for things like Evolution?)


I don't know a about virii, but I do know that the latest and greatest in 
dealing with spam is "Bayesian Filtering".

Check out Paul Grahams paper at:

http://www.paulgraham.com/better.html

Many projects are being deveIoped around this idea. Mozilla 1.3 includes 
bayesian filtering.

Regards,
Jon.