RE: [exim] which approach for: exiscan, clamav & spamassass…

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Assumpte: RE: [exim] which approach for: exiscan, clamav & spamassassin ?
Because you already have the SpamAssassin connection completed and/or you
are performing the scanning at delivery time when performance is less an
issue.

Tim

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From: OpenMacNews [mailto:OpenMacNews@speakeasy.net]
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 8:02 PM
To: Timothy Spear
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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 ...


hmmm .....


richard