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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 7:49 am Post subject: Anti spam & anti virus? |
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Recently I get many spam mails - maybe left my email address in some suspicious web sites...
I have a simple set up with Thunderbird behind a router -
Is there any package or Thunderbird's plug-in that blocks this spam or anti-virus? _________________ “You can take our property, our sweet homes, even our cloths...
But don't touch the streets, Ah, That's NO, NO, NO!
The streets are our @world's compilable kernel ...” |
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Joined: 30 Aug 2008 Posts: 2034 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 8:57 am Post subject: |
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Aren't you already using Thunderbird's junk filter? _________________ Clevo W230SS: amd64, VIDEO_CARDS="intel modesetting nvidia".
Compal NBLB2: ~amd64, xf86-video-ati. Dual boot Win 7 Pro 64-bit.
OpenRC udev elogind & KDE on both.
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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Fitzcarraldo,
No - Junk Filter was not active - I activated now and need to see how to 'Training the junk filter'...
EDIT: Anti-virus is relevant to linux?
BTW: I saw your nice wordpress' blog - I just installed nginx/php/mysql/wordpress as a webserver at home -
Please advise of any of your own articles or other links, regarding tips for the first steps and mainly how to secure this web server.
Thanks _________________ “You can take our property, our sweet homes, even our cloths...
But don't touch the streets, Ah, That's NO, NO, NO!
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Fitzcarraldo Advocate
Joined: 30 Aug 2008 Posts: 2034 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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I find that the junk filter in Thunderbird is good at catching spam and e-mails containing links to malware. It needs a bit of training, as explained in that link I gave in my previous post, but seems to catch virtually all the nasty stuff.
Regarding anti-virus detection, I have not ticked 'Allow anti-virus clients to quarantine individual incoming messages' on the Anti-Virus tab in 'Thunderbird Preferences' | 'Security', but I believe that would enable you to get clamav to scan each e-mail message before Thunderbird puts in in your Inbox:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Download_each_e-mail_to_a_separate_file_before_adding_to_Inbox
However, I have never bothered using that feature in the nine years I've been using Thunderbird in Linux. I assume that, if you were to tick that option in Thunderbird, you would also need to configure clamav. but I've never looked into it.
//Regarding my blog, it's hosted on the wordpress.com site, not my own server, so I don't do anything special. However, I do find editing blog posts a real pain, and have created a 'crib sheet' with useful HTML and WordPress shortcodes I use. Send me a PM with your e-mail address if you would like me to e-mail a copy to you.// _________________ Clevo W230SS: amd64, VIDEO_CARDS="intel modesetting nvidia".
Compal NBLB2: ~amd64, xf86-video-ati. Dual boot Win 7 Pro 64-bit.
OpenRC udev elogind & KDE on both.
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