2008-08-23
To scan incoming mails for viruses, create to following script somewhere in your system:
#!/bin/bash
# Fred Blaise <chapeaurouge AT madpenguin DOT org>
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
# MA 02111-1307 USA
FILE=/tmp/$$_outclam.tmp
clamdscan - 1>$FILE
if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
STRING=$(grep "FOUND" $FILE |cut -d: -f2)
zenity --warning --title="Evolution: Virus detected" --text="$STRING" &
exit 1
fi
exit 0Now setup Evolution’s Incoming mail filters to pipe mails through your newly created script. If the return value is not zero, a virus was detected and you might want to move the mail to Trash or a special folder.