Re: [exim] options to obsoleted 'demime'?

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Author: Marc Sherman
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] options to obsoleted 'demime'?
OpenMacNews wrote:
>
> (1) to check/deny on 'seriou mime errors'
>   deny message    = Serious MIME defect detected ($demime_reason)
>        demime     = *
>        condition  = ${if >{$demime_errorlevel}{2}{1}{0}}

>
> (i) how should (1) be done if NOT with 'demime'?


http://www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20050523/msg00120.html

> (2) to invoke my spam scanner, Exiscan/ClamAV
>   deny message    = VIRUS FOUND : ($malware_name)
>        malware    = *
>        demime     = *

>
> questions:
>
> (ii) per the spec,
>
>     "Clamd does not seem to unpack MIME containers, so it is recommended 
> to unpack MIME
>     attachments in the MIME ACL"


Like the demime option, that statement about clamav is obsolete. Clamav
does a pretty good job at unpacking mime containers these days.

- Marc