Re: [exim] malware and defer_ok

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Author: Stephen Gran
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] malware and defer_ok
On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 11:46:53AM +0200, oxo@??? said:
> I'm having a few problems recently with clam bombing out and exim
> rejecting all mails sent to it. What I want to know is two things.
>
> 1) Does anyone know of monitoring software for FreeBSD/Linux that will
> restart the daemon if it dies.


monit, daemon, there are several more I'm sure I can't think of
off-hand.

> 2) If I put malware = */defer_ok in my check data ACL, will that accept
> the mail and relay it out to the world, or will it accept and queue
> until clam is back up. The latter would be better, but I'm not sure if
> it is possible.


It will not attempt a requeue for clamav.
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