> From: Les Mikesell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] <snip> > > ... it is hard to beat the combination of: > sendmail (8.12.x+) > MimeDefang (running concurrently with sendmail with the > 'milter' interface) > SpamAssassin (run internally by MimeDefang) > Clam Antivirus (running as the 'clamd' daemon) > Mimedefang and clamd run as daemons communicating over sockets > back to sendmail during the SMTP conversation so (a) you don't > start and initialize big programs for each message and (b) you > can tell sendmail to reject or alter handling of a message based on > the scan results - other methods force you to accept it first and > then deal with generating a bounce message if you want to reject it.
Actually, qpsmtpd will allow you to do this. You certainly do not need to accept the message first and then bounce it. This was my whole reason for being interested in qpsmtpd. I don't want to pay for the download of a message I'm going to reject. Of course, for things like mimedefang, spamassassin and clam, you need to have basically got the message before you can tell anyway, but you can still return the error message via the SMTP transaction, not sending a bounce. I will be very interested to look at Charlie's MessageWall Contrib, as it sounds like it will allow the same kind of things, only faster. Rasjid. -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
