If virus, don't scan with SA

[Julian Field]

Chris Barber wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I was wondering if the following is possible with MS:
>
> If a message can be virus scanned first, and it found to be a virus, can
> SA scanning be skipped?
>   
No.
> The reason I ask is that I use the sanesecurity signatures for clamav.
> If sanesecurity says it is spam/phish/etc then no need for SA processing
> taking up resources. 
>   
The reason I haven't tried to implement it is that viruses (incl what 
sanesecurity finds) are a very small percentage of your total mail 
volume. Probably 2 or 3% at a guess. So it wouldn't actually make any 
noticeable difference to your MailScanner server load.

Jules

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