On 4/11/07, Brian Morrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd say that it is more dangerous to stop mail delivery due to failed > virus scanning than it is not to scan mail while clamd is unresponsive.
But then the potential for virus infected email to get through is raised. While I realize that end-users *should* have virus scanners on their machines, the "comfort" factor knowing that the email server is scanning for virii makes them a tad complacent. Thus it's more likely that a user can be infected if they believe that no virus laden mail can reach them. So, instead, blocking mail until the virus scanner is back online is, imho, a better option. Of course, at that point you're relying on the SMTP capabilities of the senders... But on the upside, it stops spam from coming in for a while! :) > Brian Morrison > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jason 'XenoPhage' Frisvold [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blog.godshell.com _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
