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Atomas31
March 28th, 2005, 08:40 PM
Hi,

Is there an Antivirus than can scan email coming from port 995 with SSL?

Thanks,
Atomas31

flyrfan111
March 28th, 2005, 09:04 PM
The port is not the problem for scanning, it is the fact that the data is encrypted. it is like me sending you a letter that is encrypted, before you could read it you have to decrypt it. The same thing happens with your email scanner, it must decrypt the data to check it. The time spent waiting for your AV scanner decrypt it would be unacceptable, so scanners do not bother. Your real time scanner will check the email once your email program decrypts it.

tahoma
March 28th, 2005, 10:44 PM
like said its encrypted so probably no point in even trying, BUT drweb can be set to scan any mail port. but probably pointless

tahoma
March 29th, 2005, 12:34 PM
wonder what happens if i set it to scan port 80..