query if mailscanner using clamscan

Hugo van der Kooij hvdkooij at vanderkooij.org
Sat Jul 28 12:34:01 IST 2007


On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Julian Field wrote:

>> Checking for SpamAssassin errors (if you use it)...
>> SpamAssassin temporary working directory is
>> /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp
>> SpamAssassin temp dir = /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp
>> Using SpamAssassin results cache
>> Connected to SpamAssassin cache database
>> SpamAssassin reported no errors.
>> Using locktype = posix
>> Creating hardcoded struct_flock subroutine for linux (Linux-type)
>> MailScanner.conf says "Virus Scanners = clamav clamd clamavmodule"
>>
> That means you are scanning each message 3 times with the same scanner!
> That's silly. Just set it to Virus Scanners = clamd. The MailScanner
> - --lint output confirms that your clamd settings are probably right, as
> it can talk to the daemon. So just set Virus Scanners = clamd and you'll
> be okay.

How about adding some logic inside MailScanner to see which of these 
CLAMAV options are available and then choose to use only one?

Hugo.

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