Re: [Exim] Best antivirus software with exim

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Auteur: Tom Kistner
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Aan: Marc Haber
CC: Hilko Bengen, exim-users
Onderwerp: Re: [Exim] Best antivirus software with exim
On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 02:35:41PM +0200, Marc Haber (exim-users.exim.org@???) wrote:

> 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.


So it is not available ATM ?

> >Exiscan does not require transports or directors. It is completely
> >transparent to exim.
>
> amavis-ng with exim modules runs from a system filter.


Good. One more way to do it.

Like I said, exiscan does things differently, not necessarily better,
depending on your needs and/or preferences ...

cheers & greetings,

    tom


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