Re: [Exim] FreeBSD, Exim and Spamassassin.

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Author: Steve Lamb
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] FreeBSD, Exim and Spamassassin.
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Kevin Reed wrote:
> SWEN and SoBig never hit our virus scanner. It was blocked by other ACL's
> before it got the chance to be scanned by ClamAV or even SpamAssassin.


     Which is the wrong way to go about it; esp. at the hub level.


> We dont scan for stuff at our hub's either.


     So you're a vector?


> Just blocking attachments of obvious types will do wonders and eliminate
> headaches.


     While creating headaches when people send legit mail that you just
blindly strip.


> I'm just waiting for the virus that comes in a password protected zip file
> that includes the password in the body of the message with some Microsoft
> warning that this needs to be used to protect your software.. :-)


     Or, even easier, just PGP encrypt the message.


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