MailScanner vs. Amavisd

[Ugo Bellavance]

Muenz, Michael wrote:

>>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.

ok, but what's the difference between MS's rulesets and 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 :-)

That's sure, but are you banning filetypes/filenames, do you scan within
zips for them in MailScanner?

Another question:

Does Amavis support the HTML sanitizing options MailScanner offers?

Thanks,

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