Paul Whelan wrote:
>> I think your amavis tried to decode the message, and pass only parts of
>> it to ClamAV.
> 
> In general then, clamav may only recognise some malware when it is 
> still attached to a mail message and not after it has been 
> separately stored.  Is that correct?


It may or may not, depending on the message and the signature that
catches it.
Since clamav internally process the mail message and all its attachments
anyway, having this done twice (by amavis and by clamav) is probably
pointless...

---acab
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