Ok, I give the reason for you both. I use clamav and spamassassin with postfix also, but i just thinked on this and tought it may be something interesting :P
Jorge On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:51:36 -0500, Dmitri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use amavisd-new to filter incoming mail for spam and viruses before > the mail is passed to dbmail > this way all the garbage does not even reach dbmail and therefore saves > alot of otherwise unnecessary mysql activity. > > Adding virus checks to dbmail-lmtpd is not a good as scanning for > viruses and spam BEFORE the email is passed to dbmail > > also it's always good to keep virus and spam checking separate, so that > upgrading dbmail will not affect the antivirus software. > > > > Paul J Stevens wrote: > >>Jorge Bastos wrote: >> >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>Aaron/Paul and other developers, >>>Before read this, i'm not asking nothing, this is just something that >>>came to my mind. >>>How about to have a antivirus integration in dbmail-lmtpd ? something >>>like make the email get scanned by a shell script that executes clamav >>>or other. >>>This could make DBmail even ore rich than it is right now. >>>Maybe in a 2.5x series, what do you think? >>> >>> >> >>That's not so far fetched at all. >> >>Dbmail already provides several mechanisms to filter incoming messages. >> >>You can use a pipe based setup in dbmail_aliases. You /can/ use this for >>filtering. And it does support a rich interface to other services. It >>does require substantial skill setting it up. >> >>You can use sieve for doing simple content-based delivery. Afaik, this >>does not support interaction with other systems or services like pipes >>or sockets. >> >>You will - in the near future - be able to use more none-sieve delivery >>modules (i.e. simple filter). So who knows. >> >>But, don't hold your breath. Personally, I'm not excited at all by such >>capabilities. Let amavis and the likes take care of such issues. Why >>re-invent the wheel. >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > DBmail mailing list > DBmail@dbmail.org > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail _______________________________________________ DBmail mailing list DBmail@dbmail.org https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail
