>Toby Reiter wrote: > >>Hey all, >>I have Xmail 1.16 on Linux with SpamAssassin and ClamAntivirus >>running with the standard filters for these programs (i.e. Lindeman's >>AV filter and Don Drake's SA filter). >> >>In general, these filters work great, but recently we've been >>noticing a few email messages that have been not filtered, I'll give >>examples: >> >>a) Messages that are sent within our local network or that are being >>SMTP Relayed through a server on our local network are being missed >>by the AV filter or by both filters. Sometimes these messages will be >>SA filtered without being AV filtered, but they are never just AV >>filtered. >> >>b) Messages with encoding errors (usually b/c they have poorly >>attached virus attachments) and which are being SA filtered but not >>AV filtered >> >>c) In a few limited cases, a well-encoded message from outside the >>network is SA filtered but not AV filtered. >> >>Does anyone have any ideas about this? Since the filters do work 75 - >>85% percent of the time (or more) I don't really feel like going into >>debug mode is necessarily going to help: I think this is more of a >>"Why isn't this working in theory?" question than a syntax error in >>one of my filter files. >> >>Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. >> >> >> > >Which filter runs first? Which versions of the filters are you running?
Hmmmm....you know what? I run SpamAssassin first, but I really should switch it around (no reason to sa filter a message if it has a virus). I'll try that for a while and see what it does. Thanks for the question. I am using the latest versions of both scripts (as far as I know, anyway). Toby -- Toby Reiter mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Breezing Internet Communications http://www.breezing.com 1106 West Main St phone:434.295.2050 Charlottesville, VA 22903 fax:603.843.6931 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
