On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Dick St.Peters wrote:
Is clamav a really braindead product? Or is this a user configuration
error?
The Clamav milter offers a runtime option to bounce viruses and worms
back, but a comment in the code notes that this is generally not a
good idea. The default is not to bounce.
In the milter TODO list is to not bounce if the detected virus type is
one known to fake the from address. Also in the TODO list is to
bounce outgoing mail but not incoming mail.
How about sending a *real* (DSN) "bounce"! Then it can be easily ignored
by innocent bystanders. That is my main complaint - not that it bounces,
but that it doesn't! It replies instead of bouncing.
Once that glaring problem is fixed, how about "bouncing" incoming viruses only
on SPF PASS? Or at least don't "bounce" on FAIL or SOFTFAIL!
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Stuart D. Gathman <stuart(_at_)bmsi(_dot_)com>
Business Management Systems Inc. Phone: 703 591-0911 Fax: 703 591-6154
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