[Mimedefang] Where in the filter is the virus scanner called?

[David F. Skoll]

On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Anthony Giggins wrote:

> So if you call an action ie. Action_bounce or action_drop etc. in
> filter_begin is filter still processed?

Yes.  Even if you bounce a message, you may still (for example) want to
quarantine parts for forensic analysis.  If you don't want to do this,
set a flag in filter_begin which causes filter to skip processing.

Regards,

David.