Question about Spam and Virus Checks.

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On 1/3/06, Michael H. Martel <martelm at quark.vsc.edu> wrote:
      I've got my Spam Actions" set to:

              Spam Actions =
      /opt/VSC-MailScanner/rules/spam.actions.rules

      Where the spam.action.rules file contains :

              To:     default         store deliver

      I've also set "High Scoring Spam Actions" :

              High Scoring Spam Actions =
      /opt/VSC-MailScanner/rules/high.scoring.spam.actions.rules

      Where the high.scoring.spam.actions.rules file contains :

              To:    default                  store


      For completeness, I have "Non Spam Actions" set to :

              Non Spam Actions = deliver


As you don't seem to use  the rule sets I would skip them and put "store
deliver" and "store" respectively directly on Spam/High Actions like you
do with Non Spam Actions.

      I've been seeing messages come in that are a virus, with an
      infected file,
      but they are tagged as high scoring spam (>10) .  So it looks
      like
      MailScanner never scans them for viruses because they're
      stored.  Is that
      how it's supposed to work ?


Yes, since nothing is delivered in your case it's no risk not scanning it
and it saves some load. There are ways around it if it's important to
you.

--
/Peter
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