On Friday 07 May 2004 2:14 pm, Mike Lambert wrote:
> On Fri, 7 May 2004, Antony Stone wrote:
> > On Friday 07 May 2004 12:49 pm, Dan O'Brien wrote:
> > > > What is the simplest and best solution for providing virus detection
> > > > of incoming email using Clamav with sendmail both assuming I don't
> > > > have milter and that I do?
> >
> > I like http://www.mailscanner.info
>
> If I understand MailScanner correctly, the mta must accept the message
> before passing to MailScanner for processing.
That is true.
> If you don't mind
> accepting every single message, MailScanner would be fine. If, like me,
> you prefer to 5xx reject messages that you don't like (virus, spam,
> whatever), a milter is required for sendmail. MimeDefang would offer
> similar functionality to MailScanner, but operate during the smtp
> session, not after your mta has accepted the message.
But, what is the advantage of this? It does not reduce your bandwidth by
avoiding transfer of unwanted emails, since your milter has to see enough of
the content to decide not to accept it. I can't think of any benefit in
rejecting the message rather than receiving it and discarding it?
Regards,
Antony.
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