[Dovecot] Virusscanning

Sven spamagent at gmx.de
Tue Apr 13 12:25:12 EEST 2010



Noel Butler schrieb:
> On Mon, 2010-04-12 at 22:07 +0200, Heiko Schlittermann wrote:
>
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>> Frank Elsner <frank at moltke28.B.Shuttle.DE> (Mo 12 Apr 2010 19:18:53 CEST):
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>>> On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:06:34 +0200 Andreas Schulze wrote:
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>>>> 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 like dovecot too. But I think virus-scanning is for the MTA.
>>>       
>> IMAP allows for other ways „into“ the mail storage than via the MTA.
>>     
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> I agree with Frank, virus scanning, and IMHO spam filtering is the job
> for the MTA side of things, reject it before it gets near the mail
> storage.
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>   
Hi guys,
I agree with Heiko. In my current setup it is _wanted_ to store/move 
mails via IMAP for usability reasons.
So i am looking for at least virus scanning at the delivery point. 
postfix and dovecot use deliver, so it should be done at this point.

Greets, Sven



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