[Mimedefang] Installing clamav with MIMEDefang

Kelson kelson at speed.net
Thu Mar 10 20:28:48 EST 2005


Matthew.van.Eerde at hbinc.com wrote:
> Consider running clamav-milter as well as MIMEDefang's built-in
> clamav support.  They parse things slightly different ways.

I thought md_copy_orig_msg_to_work_dir_as_mbox_file() took care of that 
by sending the raw message *and* all the MD-parsed parts to the virus 
scanner.

> Also, if you have clamav-milter first in your milter list, many
> viruses will be caught by clamav-milter before they hit MIMEDefang
> (at least, the DATA filter parts.)  This will free up a comparatively
> large MIMEDefang thread for scanning other email that didn't get
> caught by clamav-milter.

That, on the other hand, sounds like it could be useful, if you get a 
lot of virus traffic.

-- 
Kelson Vibber
SpeedGate Communications <www.speed.net>



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