Hi, me and @thomas_merkus have this simple question on configuring FME Server to receive e-mails. If we wanted to configure FME Server to receive mail, we end up with a notification content that possibly contains a reference to an e-mail attachment, which is stored somewhere on the local system. But if that attachment contains a virus, how secure is that? As a human it is possible that I recognize the danger and thus I do not open the attachment. But for a machine as FME Server is, that could be not as simple as that, so the question is: how can we ensure that FME Server is not storing malicious software on the local disk?
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FME Server mail publication and virus security
+8Best answer by david_r
I may be a bit paranoid, but I wouldn't allow FME Server to receive mail without some sort of filter somewhere. At the very least some powerful heuristic virus scanner on the mail server, but ideally I'd also consider only allowing pre-authorized senders (whitelist).
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I may be a bit paranoid, but I wouldn't allow FME Server to receive mail without some sort of filter somewhere. At the very least some powerful heuristic virus scanner on the mail server, but ideally I'd also consider only allowing pre-authorized senders (whitelist).
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I may be a bit paranoid, but I wouldn't allow FME Server to receive mail without some sort of filter somewhere. At the very least some powerful heuristic virus scanner on the mail server, but ideally I'd also consider only allowing pre-authorized senders (whitelist).
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You could always use your regular email server (with virus protection I assume) and use notifications to get the contents and attachments.
+8Couldn't you still spoof the email like many Microsoft online systems have been getting hit with lately.