On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 03:20:01PM CEST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> David F. Skoll wrote:
> > G.W. Haywood wrote:
> > 
> >>> Currently, we accept all infected mail, and quietly quarantine it.
> > 
> >> May I suggest that you quarantine it, BUT STILL REJECT IT after it
> >> has been read (and recorded) in its entirety?
> > 
> > No, please don't do that for viruses.  If they are being transmitted
> > by a real SMTP client, you'll generate annoying backscatter.
> > 
> 
> If done during the SMTP conversation the only thing that is going to
> see backscatter is the thing that sent it.  Which really isn't
> backscatter.  I am under the opinion that a message should never
> be silently blackholed.

This mean your MTA must call clamav after the DATA end, but before
answering it.

-- 
Erwan
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