Mark Bucciarelli said: > On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 03:03:56PM -0500, Jay Lee wrote: >> Clamcour - http://www.becrux.com/index.php?page=projects&name=clamcour >> AV filter that uses ClamAV and rejects viruses at the SMTP level. This >> is much more efficient than waiting until after the email is accepted to >> filter viruses. > > Nice, a C++ Courier ClamAV filter.
Yes, great when all you want to do is AV filtering and don't wish to awaken the beast that is Perl... > Am I reading the docs right--if the filter fails for some reason, the > mail still get's delivered? >From the ChangeLog: - If failure occurs during scan, mail will be passed anyway I believe this is referring to a problem with the AV scan itself, not a problem with clamcour running. So if you removed clamav, clamcour should handle the failure to start the scan. But if clamcour dies, I believe Courier will begin rejecting mail just like with any other filter. > Did you do any testing of memory usage/CPU load? The Perl interpreter > requires a hefty serving of RAM (20MB+ of RES) ... I did not do any formal testing however, it is a quite small binary (~20k), quick to load and has not introduced any delay in mail delivery or noticeable load increase on my server. I am quite certain it would be faster than most anything done in Perl. Nothing against perl of course, it's just not the right tool for every job... Jay -- Jay Lee Network / Systems Administrator Information Technology Dept. Philadelphia Biblical University -- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
