Long time no check

[Kyle Harris]

I don't know where you are at, but if you just noticed a bright flash
outside, is was the light going on in my head!  I now understand.  I was
going by what the docs said as stated below.

Thanks for clearing it up!


On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 21:07:08 +0000, Julian Field
<mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK> wrote:

>At 20:22 05/11/2003, you wrote:
>>I did read about rulesets for "Virus Scanning" and in doing so, I read the
>>following, and I quote "This switch actually switches on/off all
processing
>>of the email messages.  If you just want to switch off actual virus
>>scanning, then set Virus Scanners = none instead".  That seems to indicate
>>that if I do this, then domains that don't have a virus scanner license
>>will also not have their e-mail scanned for spam.  That is not what I am
>>looking for.
>
>In which case the docs are out of date (which doesn't surprise me :)
>It will just switch off the virus scanning and filename checking. The spam
>checking is controlled by the "Spam Checks" configuration option.
>
>>I don't want to switch off all mail processing.  I only want to switch off
>>virus scanning for domains that haven't purchased a virus scanner license.
>>The only way I can see to do that is to set "Virus Scanners = none" for
>>certain domains, either by a ruleset or a custom function.  However, I am
>>told that the Virus Scanner function does not accept a rule set or custom
>>function?
>>
>>On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 19:30:58 +0000, Julian Field
>><mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK> wrote:
>>
>> >Read up about rulesets and apply one to the "Virus Scanning"
configuration
>> >option. See /etc/MailScanner/rules.
>> >
>> >This has to be the most FAQ in the world :-)
>> >
>> >At 18:05 05/11/2003, you wrote:
>> >>I have a real quick question that I posted earlier.  I did get an
answer,
>> >>but it wasn't what I was hoping for (i.e. the answer as simply no).  I
am
>> >>hoping for a way to set up a virus scanner for some domains, but not
for
>> >>others.  That way, domains that purchase a virus scanner can have their
>> >>mail scanned for viruses and those that don't will just have their mail
>> >>scanned for spam.  I am aware that ClamAV is free and could be used for
>>all
>> >>domains, but I really need this for other antivirus solutions.
>> >>
>> >>Surely other people would find this useful as well?  Apparently the
virus
>> >>scanners variable will not accept a rule set or a custom function.  If
it
>> >>would, that would solve my problem.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 20:25:22 +0000, Julian Field
>> >><mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Folks,
>> >> >
>> >> >I've been really busy for the last month or so (have to do my day job
>> >> >sometimes, despite my very hard working staff), and the list traffic
>> >> >continues to grow. So I haven't been able to keep up with everything
>>that's
>> >> >going on. Many thanks to all of those who answer the regular queries
for
>> >> >me, that helps more than you could imagine!
>> >> >
>> >> >Is there anything recently that I've missed and requires my
attention?
>> >> >Please don't flood me with stuff, but I might have missed something
>>vital.
>> >> >I'm keeping up (just about) with the mailscanner at ecs traffic, but I
have
>> >> >probably dropped a few of them by mistake.
>> >> >
>> >> >P.S. Hopefully the release today will address some of the outstanding
>> >> >important issues!
>> >> >
>> >> >Jules
>> >> >--
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