[clamav-users] Scanning emails

[Bev Clues]

Hi Ralph,
Many thanks, appreciated.
Bev

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Bev Clues, Clues & Co
T +44 (0) 1206 763301
M +44 (0) 7715 421139
W www.clues.co.uk

On 2020-03-29 14:35, Ralph Seichter via clamav-users wrote:
> * Bev Clues via clamav-users:
> 
>> Can you tell me if clamd / clamdscan will scan email attachments as
>> well as the email file.
> 
> Clamdscan will scan whatever you pass as an argument. However, with
> email it is common practice to have additional software like Amavis
> (https://gitlab.com/amavis/amavis) that splits mail into its MIME 
> parts,
> including attachments, and then call ClamAV to check the segments.
> 
> I can heartily recommend using Amavis plus ClamAV instead of invoking
> clamdscan some custom fashion. Every popular Linux distribution should
> have Amavis pre-packaged.
> 
> -Ralph
> 
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