Re: clam or amavis
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 05:40:29PM -0500, Kevin Coyner wrote:
>
> I'm setting up a box to act as a mail server for a small LAN and will
> have it filter for spam using spamassassin. I'd also like it to filter
> for viruses since a few of the users on the LAN are Windows based
> (probably a good idea anyway regardless of OS).
>
> So the question is ... what's the pro/con of the two programs I've seen
> in the press - AMaViS and Clam? Not trying to start a war, just looking
> for a few opinions. Obviously interested in:
Easy :
Clam is a virusscanner
Amavis is an interface between an MTA and a virusscanner, mot a
virusscanner itself
so basically, they complement each other.
Frank
>
> 1. Ease of installation
> 2. Ease of maintenance - autoupdating of definitions DB
> 3. How current are the definitions that are autoupdated?
>
> Thanks
> Kevin
>
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> Kevin Coyner
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