[Mimedefang] Unwanted virus scanning in new Mimedefang - preventable?

John Barton jbarton at technicalworks.net
Tue Feb 10 10:43:10 EST 2004


Hopefully the answer to this isnt obvious.

I am glad to see that MD will now use all installed virus scanners by
default, but I wonder about the move from mimedefang-filter to
mimedefang.pl.in. If someone wanted to exclude a particular scanner from
being used, would we have to edit mimedefang.pl by hand? Looking at the
file, it seems like an easy enough change, but the Clamav vulnerability is
a good example of a case where I would have a scanner installed, but would
want to force mimedefang not to use it, at least while I test an unstable
cvs version to replace it. Is there an easier way to disable a scanner in
mimedefang-filter?

John Barton
jbarton at technicalworks.net




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