Question regarding clamd.conf parameters..

[Julian Field]

On 29 Jun 2005, at 11:34, Dhawal Doshy wrote:

> Hi Julian,
>
> How do I ensure that clamav (or clamavmodule) when called from  
> MailScanner doesn't mark encrypted mails as viruses?
>
> There is a 'ArchiveBlockEncrypted' parameter in clamd.conf, but i  
> am unsure whether MailScanner indirectly uses clamd.conf
>
> If clamd.conf is used by MS

It's not.

> then is it possible to incorporate clamd.conf related parameters in  
> the next version of MailScanner? something like the current limits  
> set for clamavmodule.. OR would you rather have people modify the  
> clamd.conf files?
>
> current clam parameters in MailScanner.conf
> ClamAVmodule Maximum Recursion Level = 5
> ClamAVmodule Maximum Files = 1000
> ClamAVmodule Maximum File Size = 10000000 # (10 Mbytes)
> ClamAVmodule Maximum Compression Ratio = 250

You'll need to refer to a clam expert here, I just use it and it  
appears to work well enough for me, but there again I use 3 virus  
scanners anyway.

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