Re: [exim] Exim + Amavis + SpamAssassin

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Author: Peter Bowyer
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To: Exim Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: [exim] Exim + Amavis + SpamAssassin
Joseph A. Nagy, Jr. <jnagyjr@???> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 10:22:25PM +0100, Peter Bowyer wrote the
> following: <snip>
>> Please, do your scanning at SMTP time with Exiscan, not at local
>> delivery time. It's so easy to set up.
>>
>> Peter
>
> What does it matter if I do it at SMTP or at delivery? Either way I
> don't get the mail. Besides, I like to check for false positives.


So do I - but I also like to get rid of known worms and gross spam at the
earliest opportunity. And I like to reject these at SMTP time to minimise
traffic.

> And if Exiscan was that easy to set up I probably would have set it up
> already.


It's very easy to set up, with plenty of help available here. Try Tim's
excellent how-to first

http://www.timj.co.uk/linux/Exim-SpamAndVirusScanning.pdf

Then the docs from Tom's site

http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan-acl/exiscan-acl-spec.txt

Peter