Re: poll: filter message when ClamAV is down

My Vote :-)

2) No, messages should NOT be flagged as viruses when the scanner is
not available and instead the messages can get scanned by additional
SMTP filters.

> Hi all,
> 
> This is a quick poll about what the ClamAV module should do when the
> ClamAV scanner is not accessible.
> 
> Currently, when the ClamAV scanner is not available for any reason
> (because it crashed, too many simultaneous messages etc.) all
> messages are being flagged as containing a virus. If you haven't set
> up your ClamAV filter to copy messages to a filtered mailbox, then
> all messages will be lost. The default Post.Office setup for the
> ClamAV filter is to discard all trapped messages.
> 
> In my opinion it would be better to let messages get passed the
> ClamAV module without filtering when the ClamAV scanner is not
> available and let other filters (such as SpamAssassin) do their job.
> E.g. the clamav scanner is not available and messages will get passed
> on to SpamAssassin or other Header/Body filters which can serve as a
> backup for virus filtering. That way, normal mail can still get
> through.
> 
> So the question is: Should the ClamAV module flag all messages as
> viruses when the clamav scanner cannot scan the message like it's now?
> 
> 1) Yes, all messages should be flagged as viruses when the scanner is
> not available.
> 
> 2) No, messages should NOT be flagged as viruses when the scanner is
> not available and instead the messages can get scanned by additional
> SMTP filters.
> 
> 
> I find this a very important issue because if your clamav scanner
> goes down and the module can't connect to it, no messages will be
> delivered to the final destination which could provide a lot of
> problems when you can't check the filtered virus mailbox every day.
> 
> Please cast your vote.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Joe.

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