On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Michal Altair Valasek wrote: > Hello, > > is here any way, how to reject message based on content in SMTP stage?=20 > > Now, regardless of any filters, XMail would return "250 OK" code after = > end > of "DATA" command. I would like to write AV filter, which would cause = > XMail > to return "550 Something I want to say". Now, when I'll issue exit code = > 6, > message is accepted and then new e-mail message is generated by XMail. I > think that better way for AV filter may be to return only SMTP rejection = > and > do not cause further network load by rejection messages.
The the DATA command is over most of the damage in terms of bandwidth has been already done. You do have the option inside your filter to reject w/out notification and you just have to make your filters smarter to use such code in cases like the latest SoBig. That, BTW, could be detected w/out falling inside the AV engine because of the predictable subjects. - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
