Hello Mr Ted,
Really Heartly thanks for your reply... I understood
your point. But I want to know then What this local scan function
specifically do, if we have acl and other virus functions....so what's the
need of this function. We can run Exim without this function also. What are
major things it perform as document says it work against the virus, but any
ways we still need some add-on if I am correct.
So question this time is...
Is local_scan do porting for other virus scanning software with Exim
Just tell me I am correct or not....if not not then why?
waiting for your reply...
with
Thanks and Regards
On 01/05/07, Ted Cooper <eximX1211@???> wrote:
>
> Rohit Sakalle wrote:
> > Hello sir...
> > Thanks for your kind answer. I just want to ask one final
> > question about local_scan. What mechanism this local_scan function
> > follows. As most genral scanning function have some database of virus
> > information to which it looks for scanning purpose. So does this
> > local_scan follow the same fact? if yes then where is that Database and
> > if not then what is the other mechanism that this function uses. Kindly
> > reply in detail.
> >
> > Waiting for your reply...with
> >
> > Thanks and Regards.
>
> It really sounds like you want the Content scanning features that are
> already present in Exim. They use ClamAV (or your favourite virus
> scanner) and SpamAssassin to prevent viruses and spam. You will need to
> download and install them. They both have integration guides to get it
> all working with Exim.
> http://www.clamav.net/
> http://spamassassin.apache.org/
>
> The local_scan function is written in the C programming language which
> is then compiled into the Exim binary. It is written by someone (maybe
> you) to do some very specific site specific thing. Unless you already
> have a local_scan C function made, you will probably not want to head in
> this direction. Almost anything you could possibly think of can be done
> in the ACL. This is the "new" way of doing everything.
>
>
> --
> What's the point of having a manual if no one reads it?
>
--
Rohit Sakalle
M.C.A.
Medicaps Institute of Techno Mgmt.
Indore[M.P.]
