03-19-2005, 02:28 PM
There are no viruses that target GNU/Linux systems 'in the wild', so you are perfectly fine without a virus scanner.
There is one well-known virus scanner for Unix: Clam AV. Its main use is scanning e-mails on mail servers for Windows viruses. I have no personal experience with it, so I cannot say anything about the details. But you probably want to check it out.
As for an email system: I recommend Postfix as MTA. It's very reliable and quite easy to set up.
There is also qmail. Some people prefer that one, but it is rather complicated to set up IMO. Also, many people dislike its license.
For POP3/IMAP access to mailboxes there are various solutions. I use Courier-IMAP.
All mentioned programs are probably included within your distribution, so there is no need to download and install them manually.
There is one well-known virus scanner for Unix: Clam AV. Its main use is scanning e-mails on mail servers for Windows viruses. I have no personal experience with it, so I cannot say anything about the details. But you probably want to check it out.
As for an email system: I recommend Postfix as MTA. It's very reliable and quite easy to set up.
There is also qmail. Some people prefer that one, but it is rather complicated to set up IMO. Also, many people dislike its license.
For POP3/IMAP access to mailboxes there are various solutions. I use Courier-IMAP.
All mentioned programs are probably included within your distribution, so there is no need to download and install them manually.