Re: [exim] when something goes wrong with clamd

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Author: Tony Finch
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To: David Purton
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] when something goes wrong with clamd
On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, David Purton wrote:
>
> If a mail comes in with a corrupt zip file (yes I'm sure it's corrupt
> and not some other weird zip archve), clamd complains and I get this in
> exim's panic log:
>
> 2005-08-31 18:00:06 1EANyt-0000pt-Ib malware acl condition: clamd: ClamAV returned /var/spool/exim4/scan/1EANyt-0000pt-Ib/1EANyt-0000pt-Ib-00000.zip: Zip module failure ERROR
>
> Exim then generates a temporary reject. Hence this keeps happening until
> the mail finally bounces.


You might be able to fix this problem by ensuring that you are using the
absolute latest versions of zlib and ClamAV. AFAICT it isn't possible to
turn this kind of defer into a reject.

Tony.
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