On 23 Sep 2004 at 9:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: <snip>
> If you want to save resources on your box, run clamav-milter FIRST. > This will save an expensive SpamAssassin call. How so? The default filter already avoids calling SA if the message has been marked for discard or rejection, which are the two most common dispositions for virus-bearing messages (the default filter discards them). <snip> > Consider using FEATURE(enhdnsbl) in sendmail to reject email from > blacklisted sources early. There are pros and cons. DNSBLs aren't nearly as accurate when used as single metrics for rejection, rather than being included in the SA score calculation. You end up with a lot more incorrectly rejected mail that way. <snip> > There is actually a good argument for running clamav-milter AND > calling clamav from MIMEDefang. clamav-milter and MIMEDefang > decompose the message differently, and MIMEDefang might feed a > MIME-part to clamav differently than clamav-milter would. That hasn't been true since the introduction of md_copy_orig_msg_to_work_dir in MD 2.42. ---- Nels Lindquist <*> Information Systems Manager Morningstar Air Express Inc. _______________________________________________ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca MIMEDefang mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
