On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:32:39 +0100 Gary Forrest <[email protected]> wrote:
> Surely ( ? ) the default should be to allow an encrypted file through > - and if not it should permfail it rather than tempfail as the > outcome of the scanner should be identical with each run (the > attachment will always be encrypted) Correct. > Is there a specific reason why it tempfails? Well, because the authors of virus scanners (with the possible exception of ClamAV) are as dumb as posts. Their return codes on failure are so vague as to be useless, so it's hard to decide what to do. Maybe years of programming on Microsoft Windows dulls your mind. I agree with you that a permfail or accept is more appropriate. Regards, David. _______________________________________________ NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list [email protected] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
