<quote who="Theo Julienne"> > >Ah, so you don't even get the bandwidth benefit, because your tool can't > >handle streaming detection. So, what benefits are you actually getting at > >all? It's not like you're optimising and simplifying for the common case. > >:-) > > Except you're alerting users that the mail contained a virus without > allowing a loop of mail wasting bandwidth ( for faked from addresses ).
That's purely a policy issue, and has nothing to do with performing the spam and virus detection during or after the SMTP conversation. Mail policy tools such as Amavis and PureMessage would not be doing their jobs if they did not include configurable notification! - Jeff -- GVADEC 2004: Kristiansand, Norway http://2004.guadec.org/ "I rather think of Pat as our linguistic ornithologist here - 'Oh look, the brown noddy also nests in the mangrove!'" - John Fleck -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
