On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Richard A Nelson wrote: > On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Todd Lyons wrote: > > > >It shouldn't, however change if a virus is accepted - since sendmail > > >should be tempfailing mail until the milters are functioning. > > > > Incorrect, depending on how you define your milter call for sendmail. > > Yes, I guess one cant legislate sanity, can one :( > But spamassassin and clamav should default to tempfail ! > > ...still cant believe that > people aren't recommending a safe, by default setup.
We are. ;) For most mailserver admins, the danger of losing our jobs is much greater if we tempfail all incoming mail due to a clamav crash than is the danger of losing our jobs due to a couple of viruses leaking through. Where email is concerned, message delivery is critical. Virus and spam filtering are features. Damian Menscher -- -=#| Physics Grad Student & SysAdmin @ U Illinois Urbana-Champaign |#=- -=#| 488 LLP, 1110 W. Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 Ofc:(217)333-0038 |#=- -=#| 4602 Beckman, VMIL/MS, Imaging Technology Group:(217)244-3074 |#=- -=#| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.uiuc.edu/~menscher/ Fax:(217)333-9819 |#=- -=#| The above opinions are not necessarily those of my employers. |#=- ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
