mailscanner virus scanning rule doesnt work

Nicola Piazzi Nicola.Piazzi at gruppocomet.it
Mon Jan 11 16:18:03 UTC 2021


MailScanner version 5.3.4

In MailScanner.Conf i put directive to use default rule file :
Virus Scanning = %rules-dir%/scan.messages.virus.rules

This file contains 10. That is prefix of mailserver that send mail to mailscanner, no other clients are sending mail to this mailscanner at now !
/etc/MailScanner/rules/scan.messages.virus.rules
From: 10. no
FromOrTo: default yes

In this way mailscanner must bypass scanning of email of myserver that is 10.1.1.126
(I tried also "From: 10.1.1.126 no" and I tried also fixed path rule file)

I put clamd to log also clean files and tail to see message working :
/etc/clamd.d/scan.conf
LogClean yes
[root at EFA42 ~]# tail -f /var/log/clamd.scan
/var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/22415/4DDzJb4tmszlfdyn/nmsg-22415-15.txt: OK
/var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/22415/4DDzJb4tmszlfdyn.header: OK
/var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/22415/4DDzJb4tmszlfdyn/nmsg-22415-16.txt: OK
/var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/22415/4DDzJb4tmszlfdyn/nwinmail.dat: OK
Etc etc

As you can see clamd scan incoming mail from 10.1.1.126 ignoiring rule file directives same as putting directly "Virus Scanning = Yes" in MailScanner.Conf
If i put "Virus Scanning = No" clamd bypass correctly every message



Nicola Piazzi
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