Scott Silva wrote: > But can you run multiple virus scanners with mimedefang?
Sure. > How will that add to the startup costs of more than one virus scanner? If they are command-line virus-scanners, performance will be terrible. If you have as a requirement the need to run multiple command-line virus-scanners on large quantities of e-mail, then MIMEDefang is the wrong choice. (Well, actually, a non-daemonizable virus-scanner is the wrong choice, but I won't get too deeply into mudslinging. :-)) > I am currently running mimedefang for check_against_smtp_server and > mailscanner with spamassassin for virus scanning and spam. If I add a > supported virus scanner in mailscanner, I just have to add its name to the > config file and reload. How much code do I have to write in mimedefang to do > the same? If the virus scanner is already supported, not much. There are probably examples on the wiki. [...] > Sure, mimedefang is like a swiss army knife. In the right hands, it > can do almost everything. ...but I am no McGyver, so I can't save > the world with just a swiss army knife! I need more tools in my tool > chest! MIMEDefang is not for everyone. I'm not trying to say that MIMEDefang is better or worse than Mailscanner. I was just trying to objectively (as much as possible!) compare their behaviours under different load conditions. -- David. _______________________________________________ NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list MIMEDefang@lists.roaringpenguin.com http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang