Dont spam scan, if its a virus

[Julian Field]

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Mikael Syska wrote:
> Hi,
>
> hvdkooij at vanderkooij.org wrote:
>> Mikael Syska wrote:
>>  
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> You are probebly right ... but if the loads get too high, I guess this
>>> could be a option.
>>>     
>>
>> If you fear your load will be too high you need to reduce the load by
>> other means. RBL's can be part of that strategy. Even simple pattern
>> matches in the MTA may serve you well.
>>
>> Dropping extra signatures from ClamAV and let ClamAV concentrate on the
>> virus half and let SA do the Spam part woud be another way.
>>
>> Hugo.
>>   
> Maybe you are right ... not that the load is high at the moment, but I 
> guess in the future it could raise even more, so it would be a god 
> idea to know what could be done. thanks.
>
> I will keep it this way for now.
Remember that only about 1% (or less) of your mail is virus-infected, 
compared to 85%-90% spam. So not spam-scanning virus-infected messages 
makes pretty much no discernible difference in performance.

Jules

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