Re: [Dovecot] Virusscanning

• Andreas Schulze sca@andreasschulze.de:

Hello list,

I use currently a non-dovecot pop3 proxy which has the ability to scan all passing mails for viruses. And I like dovecot. I have to combine both.

One (and the only) idea is to call a virusscanner a shellscript, installed as PostLoginScript.

But I see multiple disadvantages:

1. it's a shellscript which tents to be slow.

Why slow? All it needs to do is call the daemonized scanner. That's not too slow...

2. it's called *on* the mailbox-host, not on a dedicated proxy

Yep.

3. I think it's slow and I dont't know howto measure.
4. I thint it's slow.
5. I think it's slow.
6. I like a "Plan B"

Try it. The hardest part is to only scan mails younger than "last scan".

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