On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 10:35:03PM +0530, Devdas Bhagat wrote: > The setup itself is trivial. Depending on your mail volume, you may want > to farm the scanner to another system altogether. > Another trick to reduce the load is to use Postfix 2.x which has a built > in MIME parser and block attachments with specific extensions (.pif, > .com, .exe, .vbs, etc).
What I am specifically looking for is a setup that can eliminate the need to blindly drop zip files. Our servers already use clam with qmail. > > Is there an auto-learning phase involved? What are the pro's and cons > > of such auto-learning scanners? > > No autolearning phase. The mail I received mentioned an autolearning phase, hence the question. I just wanted to cover some ground based on other people's experience before digging. I suppose clam is a safe bet as usual. Any numbers about the performance? Especially missed viruses and false hits. Sameer. -- Research Scholar, KReSIT, IIT Bombay http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~sameerds/ -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
