Re: Do not issue temporary reject when spamd is un available.

* Mike Oliveri wrote (05/16/05 16:15):
>>>>However, I now notice that if exiscan cannot contact spamd, it issues 
>>>>a temporary rejection.  Can I change that?
>>>
>>>spam = xxxx/defer_ok
> 
> Does anyone know if this can be tied to a conditional situation?
> 
> Specifically, I use the encrypted scanning done header from the Exiscan 
> docs to prevent re-scanning when a message is passed from my mail 
> gateway (Server A) to my main mail server (Server B). However, Server A 
> has been experiencing a heavy load lately, causing mail delays.
> 
> What I would like to do is put the defer_ok in Server A to prevent the 
> temporary deny as discussed in this thread, however, in that situation I 
> would rather NOT put the scanning done header on messages that have been 
> deferred so Server B will scan the message. Is this possible?
> 

I have something like this:

  # Reject viruses
  deny  message = Rejected mail: This message appears to contain a virus
($malware_name).
        malware = */defer_ok

  # checked header
  warn message = X-AntiVirus: Clean
        !malware = *

The idea is that if there's a virus it's rejected; if the scanner ran
and it found nothing, there's an "X-AntiVirus: Clean" header; and if the
antivirus defers there are no headers. I *think* it works correctly.

A similar sort of thing should (or might) work for the spam condition.

--
Chris