Re: [Exim] Mail scanner management

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Author: Kevin P. Fleming
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CC: Exim Users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Mail scanner management
Alain Williams wrote:
> * Each mail is scanned, incoming/outgoing rules may differ.
> * Check for Windows virus
> * Check for naughty words
> * Check for spam
> * Check for undesirable/unknown attachment types (eg .exe)
> * Check inside .zip, .tgz, .tar.gz, etc attachments for undesirable file types
> * Delay mail greater than a certain size until the evening
> * Mail from specified addresses to be immune to scanning
> * Mail from specified addresses to be blacklisted
>
> * Trapped mail to be held in a queue specific to the reason *why* it was trapped
>
> * A web interface to allow administrators to inspect trapped mail & release, bounce, delete them
>
> The last need is the most interesting one. I expect several hundred a day to be managed.
>
> I have a few ideas, but wondered what other people do.
> I hope to avoid writing too much.
>
> Open source preferable.
>


amavisd-new (the latest release) covers a great deal of this. The web
management interface you'd have to build, but the mail processing parts
are pretty much there already.