Re: clamsmtp & spampd vs spamassasin-milter & clamav-milter for SMTP time REJECT

Hi!

"Dan MacNeil" <dan@thecsl.org> írta 2007-12-01 13:43-kor:
> PÁSZTOR György wrote:
> >Have you already tried spamassasin-milter and clamav-milter packages?
> >They can say reject after DATA.
>
> What advantages do spamassasin-milter & clamav-milter have over
> clamsmtp & spampd ?

If a mail contain virus or spam, and clamav or spamassasin can say big enogh probability for that, than you don't have to accept the mail.

After the end of DATA stream, the MTA will say an 5xx error code, and the virus/spam will not make extra load on your server/mail queue.

Check this out:
http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_PROXY_README.html http://www.postfix.org/MILTER_README.html

Cheers,
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