Re: [exim] Cleaning up /var/spool/exim4/scan

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Auteur: Johann Spies
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Aan: exim-users
Onderwerp: Re: [exim] Cleaning up /var/spool/exim4/scan
On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 11:10:09AM +0100, Mike Meredith wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:33:04 +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
> > I am not sure why the uvscan processes did not end properly. The other
>
> To answer this question, because uvscan is garbage. I used to run it, and
> regularly encountered the problem you've seen. Since I've switched to ClamAV
> (and Sophos), the problems have disappeared.


I will probably try Sophos or Trend some time later. I experimented
about 18 months ago with a server using clamav and passing the mail on
to a server using uvscan. I had some problems with clamav - it
sometimes just died and it did let some viruses through that was
caught by uvscan.

In the mean time I discovered the real problem on my server today:
another mail server on our campus send email containing more than 1024
mime parts and exiscan could not handle that properly.


Regards
Johann
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Johann Spies          Telefoon: 021-808 4036
Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch


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