[clamav-users] clamscan vs clamdscan

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

>On Sat, 9 May 2020, Paul Kosinski via clamav-users wrote:
>>On our mailserver, we run clamdscan, since mail arrives frequently (!).

On 10.05.20 09:33, G.W. Haywood via clamav-users wrote:
>On a mail server most people would use a milter, e.g. clamav-milter,
>which is part of the ClamAV package.

however, clamav-milter uses clamd so it needs clamd running just as
clamdscan. amavis does the same.

>The use of milters offers many benefits.  It enables a mail server to
>inspect a message during the SMTP conversation, allowing the server
>(for example) to reject unwanted mail at the earliest possible time,
>before accepting the message.  This can avoid wasting resources, and
>leaks of information to the sender such as the fact that a recipient
>address actually exists and accepts mail (valuable information to the
>typical spammer, because it is saleable).

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