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Date:  Mon, 2 Jun 2008 11:22:21 +1000 (EST)
From:  User Ernie <ernie (at mark) info.eis.net.au>
Subject:  [coba-e:13135] Re: BlueQuartz HowTo add virus filtering via sendmail milter
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One of the things I use on BQ and FreeBSD servers is a French milter called j-chkmail
http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr/

It does anti-spam and calls ClamAV for you.

I replaced Mailscanner/Spamassassin/ClamAV with j-chkmail because the Perl
requirements were grinding the servers to a halt in RAM usage and processing delays.

j-chkmail is a C progam, extremely fast. You have to compile it yourself,
which is pretty easy if you are use to compiling stuff. It has a LOT of features which
can stop SPAM/viruses before they get accepted by the server, saving time  and bandwidth. 

Well worth a look at.

 - Ernie.



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> --- Jim Scott <jscott (at mark) infoconex.com> wrote:
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> >
> http://coding.infoconex.com/post/2008/06/BlueQuartz-add-virus-scanning-to-sendmail.aspx
> > 
> > Put up a quick guide that shows you how to add virus filtering using the
> > free opensource clamav engine. Note that this scans the message during
> > SMTP time and rejects the message if infected. So the sending email
> > server will bounce the message back to the user instead of your server
> > having to do the work.
> > 
> > Let me know if anyone finds any issues or anything that perhaps needs
> > better clarified.
> > 
> 
> You may want to put the items to be copied and pasted between <textarea>
> and </textarea> tags so format isn't copied.
> 
> -- 
> Dan Kriwitsky
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