Author: OpenMacNews Date: To: Timothy Spear CC: exim-users Subject: RE: [exim] which approach for: exiscan, clamav & spamassassin ?
hi tim,
thx 4 the reply =)
> I did the exiscan direct to ClamAV and then SpamAssassin. This is to reduce
> load on the server, since I perform it is part of the SMTP Data ACL. Virus
> email is rejected before the call to SpamAssassin. Since SpamAssassin will
> run all rules which apply, even if the spam score has been passed, I would
> end up running spam filtering rules against viral email.
that seems clear enuf.
as i think abt the relative performance issues -- no, i haven't (yet) done any
tests -- tho, your common-sense approach makes me wonder why one WOULD use the
SpamAssassin-using-ClamAV-plugin approach ...
