--On 26 October 2005 09:41:49 +0300 "Victor V. Melnichenko"
<worm@???> wrote:
> How can i configure my exim.conf if i want that ClamAV add some header to
> message. For example(clamav-milter+sendmail):
> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.80/1142/Tue Oct 18 10:21:37 2005
> clamav-milter version 0.80j
> on domain.com
> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.87, clamav-milter version 0.87 on
> domain.com
You probably shouldn't say this:
> X-Virus-Status: Clean
Presumably, if it isn't clean you'll reject the email, which makes this
redundant. More importantly, it won't always be true. No anti-virus
software detects all viruses. ClamAV isn't even the best.
When will it mislead? Well, nobody's going to inspect the headers without a
reason. That reason would be the case where an email has suspect content.
The suspicion may arise because of a new epidemic. That's exactly the point
where you don't want to be telling people they've nothing to worry about.
Having the scan date, and clamav version might help determine why a virus
wasn't detected, so that's a good idea. For example, you could compare the
scan time with the time that you got a new virus definition.
--
Ian Eiloart
Servers Team
Sussex University ITS
