MailScanner vs. Amavisd

Muenz, Michael linux at LEUTE.SERVER.DE
Thu May 6 14:21:35 IST 2004


> In this case the comparison is unfair then, since you say MailScanner
> doesnt catch all the viruses that amavisd catches, yet you have an extra
> virus scanner (a VERY good one) installed on amavisd - you should be
> VERY careful about posting your conclusions and not including all the
> facts as they could very easily be the difference of 10 viruses per day ?
>
> Plus the test needs to be tried in reverse before anyone can say one
> system is better at catching viruses than the other...

Back to topic:
The benefit of MS is the extremly cool ruleset.
The benefit of amavisd-new is the *_lovers_* stuff.

That's my experience ...

I like both and I'm sure when the other scenario is used
(first amavis) then also some will get through.
But when using both, the chance is extremely low :-)

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