Deliver Cleaned Messages = yes (bypasses spam engine)

Jerry Benton jerry.benton at mailborder.com
Tue Jan 28 05:15:33 GMT 2014


Shawn,

I think you missed my point. Set:

Deliver Cleaned Messages = no

As it is very unlikely that you are going to find an email that is not 
spam that accidentally had a virus attached by someone.

I have checked some logs and all checks stop once a virus is found.
-- 

Jerry Benton
www.mailborder.com



> Shawn Iverson <mailto:IversonS at rushville.k12.in.us>
> January 28, 2014 at 5:06 AM
> yes
>
> Shawn Iverson
> Rush County Schools
> District Technology Coordinator
> iversons at rushville.k12.in.us <mailto:iversons at rushville.k12.in.us>
> >>> Michael Huntley <michael at huntley.net> 1/27/2014 9:13 PM >>>
> Shawn,
>
> do you have Spam Checks = yes in MailScanner.conf?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michael Huntley
>
> On 1/27/2014 5:37 PM, Shawn Iverson wrote:
> > Spam can have viruses attached.  Just because it has a virus, and the
> > virus is removed, doesn't mean that the email itself should be delivered
> > without checking against the spam engine.  That is what is happening.
> > The virus is removed, and the email is delivered without a spam score.
> >
> >
> > Shawn Iverson
> > Rush County Schools
> > District Technology Coordinator
> > iversons at rushville.k12.in.us <mailto:iversons at rushville.k12.in.us>
> >>>> Jerry Benton <jerry.benton at mailborder.com> 1/27/2014 6:46 PM >>>
> > Shawn,
> >
> > Why would you want to have an email delivered that arrived with a virus
> > attached to it in the first place? I cannot think of any circumstance
> > where you would want to. Keep in mind that viruses are not "bad files".
> > For example, a .exe (if not allowed by your policy) would be a bad file.
> > Not a virus.
> >
> > Jerry Benton
> > www.mailborder.com
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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> This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by
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>
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>
> Michael Huntley <mailto:michael at huntley.net>
> January 28, 2014 at 3:13 AM
> Shawn,
>
> do you have Spam Checks = yes in MailScanner.conf?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michael Huntley
> Shawn Iverson <mailto:IversonS at rushville.k12.in.us>
> January 28, 2014 at 2:37 AM
> Spam can have viruses attached.  Just because it has a virus, and the 
> virus is removed, doesn't mean that the email itself should be 
> delivered without checking against the spam engine.  That is what is 
> happening.  The virus is removed, and the email is delivered without a 
> spam score.
>
> Shawn Iverson
> Rush County Schools
> District Technology Coordinator
> iversons at rushville.k12.in.us <mailto:iversons at rushville.k12.in.us>
> >>> Jerry Benton <jerry.benton at mailborder.com> 1/27/2014 6:46 PM >>>
> Shawn,
>
> Why would you want to have an email delivered that arrived with a 
> virus attached to it in the first place? I cannot think of any 
> circumstance where you would want to. Keep in mind that viruses are 
> not "bad files". For example, a .exe (if not allowed by your policy) 
> would be a bad file. Not a virus.
>
> Jerry Benton
> www.mailborder.com
>
>
> Jerry Benton <mailto:jerry.benton at mailborder.com>
> January 28, 2014 at 12:46 AM
> Shawn,
>
> Why would you want to have an email delivered that arrived with a 
> virus attached to it in the first place? I cannot think of any 
> circumstance where you would want to. Keep in mind that viruses are 
> not "bad files". For example, a .exe (if not allowed by your policy) 
> would be a bad file. Not a virus.
>
> Jerry Benton
> www.mailborder.com
>
>
> Shawn Iverson wrote:
> Shawn Iverson <mailto:IversonS at rushville.k12.in.us>
> January 27, 2014 at 11:48 PM
> Is there a way to configure MailScanner so that Deliver Cleaned 
> Messages still get checked as spam and not blindly delivered without 
> spam checks?
> Shawn Iverson
> Rush County Schools
> District Technology Coordinator
> iversons at rushville.k12.in.us <mailto:iversons at rushville.k12.in.us>
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