Thanks for the info, I'll check out the clamdscan and see how it works for us (I prefer to have 2 levels of av scanning).
Have a great holiday! -- later, Dale mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, December 14, 2005, 1:38:26 PM, you wrote: > They should be near the same, however, I don't know if the spool files > accessible via normal mail filters > (filters.in.tab/filters.out.tab) have > the "{ra=real-address}" info on the RCPT TO: line like you get with smtp > message filters. They may, but I honestly haven't used them much since > Davide implemented smtp filters. > The few things you need to keep in mind; exit codes that your filter > will return will be different from message filters to smtp message > filters, and many of the macros available in message filters aren't in > smtp message filters. It's also important to note that smtp filters are > running real time.. that is, during the smtp communication with MTAs, so > they need to be quick. In short: No, most standard filters won't work > well as an smtp filter without modification. > Now, about "clamscan". Unfortunately, clamscan is _much_ slower than > clamdscan. Because of this, I wonder if, when receiving a shed load of > messages to filter all at once when you have a large cc list, the filter > would time out, somehow leaving things in a state that let Xmail decide > to dump or not deliver the message. > So, my first suggestion would be to get clamd and clamdscan up and running. > --John > Dale Qualls wrote: >>Hiya! >> >>clamscan >> >>I've never used post-data filters, does a standard filter work in the >>filters.postdata.tab?? It looks like the files have the same >>structure from what I see in the docs. >> >>Pardon my ignorance here, guess I should have paid attention to all of >>those post/pre data filter threads :) >> >> >> > - > 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] - 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]
