David F. Skoll wrote: > Dennis Peterson wrote: > >>> What is the advantage of using clamav-milter or is it necessary? > >> I've not found any particular advantage. I use J-Chkmail as a Sendmail >> milter for spam and it invokes clamd for attachments. > > I think the OP was asking for advantage of milter vs. non-milter. The two > approaches differ as follows: >
Sometimes you have to hit me with an asteroid to get my attention :) You've nailed the important points. I'd also add that any asymmetry in the primary and any secondary mailer filters can result in back scatter so if a milter is added to a system it can introduce undesirable side effects. dp _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
