Re: [Exim] Best antivirus software with exim

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Auteur: Marc Haber
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Aan: exim-users
Onderwerp: Re: [Exim] Best antivirus software with exim
On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 08:11:51 +0200, Tom Kistner <tom@???>
wrote:
>I don't know about the current state of Amavis, but when I gave it a try
>last year, it had two major flaws:
>
> 1. It was scanning every mail once per recipient, causing a
>    lot of overhead.

>
> 2. It was re-sending mail. This causes all kinds of funky problems, since
>    the original SMTP MAIL TO: is discarted and addresses in the header get
>    re-evaluated. In many configuration (especially when you use exim as a
>    smarthost machine) this can cause mail to be delivered twice to some
>    recipients.


Both these issues have been addressed in Hilko's amavis-ng which is
scheduled to appear on amavis CVS RSN.

>Exiscan does not require transports or directors. It is completely
>transparent to exim.


amavis-ng with exim modules runs from a system filter.

Greetings
Marc

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