Long time no check

[Julian Field]

Got lost among all the bright flashes from fireworks. It's "bonfire night"
(aka "fireworks night") in the UK tonight, so things are quite noisy and
bright outside :-)

At 21:13 05/11/2003, you wrote:
>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In which case the docs are out of date (which doesn't surprise me :)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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