Disable virus checks for high spam

Glenn Steen glenn.steen at gmail.com
Fri Apr 27 12:25:53 IST 2007


On 27/04/07, Kapetanakis Giannis <bilias at edu.physics.uoc.gr> wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, Glenn Steen wrote:
> >> Spam Actions = deliver store header "X-Spam-Status: Yes"
> >> High Scoring Spam Actions = store
> >>
> >> Does 'Spam Action' count for high spam as well?
> >
> > It shouldn't.
> > What happens if you run a GTUBE+EICAR message through?
> >
> > Cheers
>
> Apr 27 13:27:04 server MailScanner[9629]:
>         New Batch: Scanning 1 messages, 1406 bytes
> Apr 27 13:27:04 server MailScanner[9629]:
>         SpamAssassin cache hit for message 9345310087.1D438
> Apr 27 13:27:04 server MailScanner[9629]:
>         Spam Checks: Found 1 spam messages
> Apr 27 13:27:04 server MailScanner[9629]:
>         Virus and Content Scanning: Starting
> Apr 27 13:27:08 server MailScanner[9629]:
>         Logging message 9345310087.1D438 to SQL
>
> It seems it scans the mail.
>
> But you might be right cause I don't see anything about
> the EICAR virus being detected.
> If I send EICAR alone, all virus scanners shout in the logs.
>
> That Virus and Content Scanning: Starting
> is somehow misleading. Probably only content checking
> is done.

Indeed. I suspect you should read it more like "Starting ... and
CONTENT SCANNING":-).

> Take care
Always...:)

Cheers
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