On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Tamas TEVESZ wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Smith, A.D. wrote:
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> > I've been asked to set up a mail virus scanner with Exim. I also heard
> > whisperings of Exim 4 having "hooks" to attach a mail scanner with.
> > My concern is that Exim will not be able to unwrap MS-TNEF (or for that
> > matter, any other type of mime) headers.
> >
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> exim will do you exactly almost nothing. it provides a hook, which
> means its *you* who has to write the intelligence. you can plug your
> tnef-decoding function there, or whatever you need to have there. exim
> gives you an interface, you get to write the implementation. sort of.
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> > Can anyone put my fears to rest, as it may be a better option just to go
> > for Exiscan or Amavis?
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> this hook, as i see it, is a means to replace these external
> solutions, and provide a place for a more 'integrated' one. still,
> doing that 'integrated' solution is up to you (as things are now - i'm
> sure we'll see some 'generic' solutions, sooner or later).
Er, yes, you still need an actual virus scanner such as Sophos or
McAfee. Exiscan and Amavis are simple sets of scripts that work with
Exim V3, to take messages from exim, pass them thru (Sophos, McAfee,
etc), and get them back into exim. The hooks in exim4 just replace those
scripts..
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