Virus Scan or Attachment Filename Check first?

[Julian Field]

At 12:13 21/08/2003, you wrote:
>Does Mailscanner before the virus scan or the attachment filename
>check first? And if the first one means the attachment will be
>rejected does it then perform the second one anyway?

It does all the scans on the message. The order doesn't matter.

>The reason I ask is that it seems more efficient to perform the
>filename check first (I presume that's a very lightweight operation),
>and then if it's not dropped go on to do the virus scan.
>
>If it doesn't do this - can it?

Not easily no, and I can't remember quite why at the moment but it doesn't
actually make any noticeable speed difference. Too busy to stop and think
about this today, but I have answered this question a number of times in
the past and have always come to the same conclusion.
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Julian Field
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