Jeff Buehler wrote:

>  Hi John -
>
>I use clamSMTP - it is c based proxy that is very lightweight and easy 
>to use.  I also use ASSP in front of this for anti-spam (so sender -> 
>ASSP -> clamSMTP -> XMail -> sendee).  As it turns out, after testing, 
>the emails didn't even reach my anti-virus because ASSP blocked all of 
>the attachments, but I am reasonably certain that it would have caught 
>all of them regardless - I have had great success with clamSMTP.
>
>Jeff
>
Are you stripping all attachments with ASSP?  If not, how does clamSMTP 
react to large (>5MB) attachments?  Does it just not scan them, or does 
it risk a time-out?

I currently use a combination of blacklisting and greylisting (and of 
course some white listing) in a pre-data filter, so actually very few 
viruses do make it to the scanner.  Though some aggressive viruses have 
managed to pound their way through the greylist before they end up on a 
blacklist.

clamSMTP would require me to do all my antispam with something like 
ASSP, as you've suggested, and possibly complicate things like shutting 
off antispam and/or antivirus at a per user level (something we do quite 
often) - but it is something to think about.

Still, the perfectionist in me still wants to get my script working well 
(and fast - many of our users tend to send large attachments via email). 
  Moving AV back to a mailproc.tab filter and scanning off-line may be 
what I have to do.

--John

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