MailScanner vs. Amavisd

[Alex Laslavic]

MailScanner mailing list <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK> wrote on 05/06/2004
12:18:52 AM:

> Hi people can I get the opinion of people who have used both MailScanner
> and Amavisd. What are the reasons for using MailScanner over Amavisd, or
> what are the benefits of Amavisd over MailScanner etc.
>
> I would be interested to hear these comparisons from people with
> experience with both.
>
> I have only had a chance to use MailScanner and I have installed it on
> a few servers.

The deal breaker for me on Amavisd was that (at the time I tried it) it was
not able to remove specific types of attachments, while forwarding the rest
of the message to the recipient.  You could either deny the message
completely, or let it through.  MS allows me to remove potentially harmful
attachment types, while sending the rest of the message through.

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