Maximum Compression Ratio

[Julian Field]

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Roger Jochem wrote:

> I'm receiving some complains about messages being blocked, and the
> reason in MailScanner is that clamavmodule found an "oversized.zip"
> file. In clamav.net I found a message saying to increase the maximum
> compression ratio to avoid it. What is a reasonable value for this
> parameter? The MailScanner default is 200, correct?

The new default is 250. There is a MailScanner.conf setting for this.

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