Re: Virus scanning experiences

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Owen Taylor">

> > - in which case the sending server will handle the bounce. Anything that
> > makes it to amavisd gets scanned with both spamassassin and clamav. A
> > few virii/spam leak through from time to time, but a fraction in
> > comparison to the total according to the logs.
> 
> Hmm, we probably don't want to to run spamassassin system wide ... we can
> get more flexibility by running that from Mailman.

(Running spamassassin system-wide via amavis can be good to root out the
horribly obvious muck before it even hits the mailman queue. Then you have a
second-line defense within mailman with tougher thresholds and moderation.)

- Jeff

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