Virus scanning of spam messages

[Randal, Phil]

It's a FAQ:

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Cheers,

Phil
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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list
> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Pavel Zichovsky
> Sent: 14 May 2004 08:43
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Virus scanning of spam messages
>
> Hi there!
>
> How to configure Mailscanner to do virus scan on spam messages?
>
> I have recently noticed, that cca 10-15% of messages tagged
> as spam (either by RBL or SpamAssassin rules) are in fact
> only viruses. But it looks like mailscanner did not scan them
> for viruses.
>
> Spam messages are (fortunately) stored in quarantine, where I
> can delete them.
> (And when accidentally released, viruses are caught by amavis
> sitting on local delivery as "last hope")
>
> But what if spam actions would be "deliver"? Will be then
> spam messages scanned for viruses?
>
> And finally these messages are screwing up statistics,
> because viruses are not counted correctly (because not all
> are detected).
>
> Regards
> Pavel Zichovsky (zichovsky at trul.cz)
>
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