[Mimedefang] When to do Virus checks

[Les Mikesell]

On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 10:09 -0500, Joseph Brennan wrote:

> > I think it is worth the extra CPU time to stop a virus at the earliest
> > time possible. This makes it less dangerous, since the virus does not
> > pass all the components of your emailscanning system.
> 
> 
> I think you don't need a virus check at all, if you reject executable
> file attachments.  That's what a few years of experience tells me.

What do you do with zip and other archive types that are popular
virus containers?

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