Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 19:29:56 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Milter Logging Message-ID: <20040417182956.GB90463@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <408170DB.3070201@mac.com> References: <20040416215610.Y1689@wonkity.com> <408170DB.3070201@mac.com>
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On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 02:00:59PM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> Warren Block wrote:
> >What do people do for milter logging? A MAILER-DAEMON message for every
> >virus caught by clamav-milter is a little annoying (both to the intended
> >recipient and to postmaster), but I'm hesitant to just discard them.
clamav-milter logs what it does to syslog very effectively. The
warning messages to postmaster aren't really necessary but for a low
traffic site, they do give you some vicarious pleasure for a while.
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> Well, the standards (RFC-822/2822) are clear, but with the dawn of viruse=
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> anybody much good, either.
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> Refusing to accept viral mail is the best option if you can; failing that=
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> I discard such messages. Frankly, I gave up bouncing viral mail after I=
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> forgery...
Yes -- rejecting the messages at the SMTP DATA stage is the way to go.
Not that the virus mailers take the slightest bit of notice: half the
time they've dropped the connection by the time the AV filter has done
its thing. It's much more effective against spam e-mailers.
Cheers,
Matthew
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