Re: [Exim] exiscan vs. MailScanner

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 21:38:08 +0000 (GMT), Chris Edwards
<chris@???> wrote:

> | pros and cons?
> |
> | I will be using [Exiscan|MailScanner] with Exim 4.24, Spamassassin and
> | Sophos Anti Virus
>
> Before choosing a particular software package, its important to decide
> what you are going to do with unwanted email. Given that nowadays _most_
> internet email is unwanted, this decision is critical.
>
> - If you want to tag+deliver spam and disinfect+deliver viruses, then you
> can choose an after-the-event scanner. MailScanner is almost certainly
> the best of the bunch.
>
> - If however you want the capability to reject spam+viruses during the
> SMTP dialog, then you need an SMTP-time scanner, such as exiscan.

this is very helpfull, thank you.

> The installed-base of after-the-event scanners is larger. This is partly
> because SMTP-time scanners are newer/emerging technology.
>
> It really comes down to whether your users want to deal with the unwanted
> emails themselves, or whether they prefer to place their trust in an
> automated process to do it for them.

it looks like both exiscan and mailscanner are good tools to have at my
disposal, not just one or the other.