[SA-exim] SA-scan compared to exiscan

[Marc MERLIN]

On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 10:56:37AM +0200, Tom Kistner wrote:
> Marc MERLIN wrote:
> 
> >[Ccing Tom, exiscan author, so that he can correct me if needed]
 
BTW, I added you in the 'can post' list so the list shouldn't send you a
warning were you to post again.
 
> No corrections necessary :) I have added the antispam facility to 
> exiscan since most people want to do both av and antispam. However, my 
> goal is always to keep the configuration as simple as possible and the 
> impact on the SMTP protocol as low as possible, so exiscan does not 
> support as many options as sa-exim and I will also not go into things 
> like tarpitting.

That makes sense, thanks for the info.

> >I thought exiscan 4 went in local_scan, but that Tom gave you the option
> >to daisy chain sa-exim?
> 
> Yes. I moved exiscan out of local_scan completely, so you can use any 
> other local_scan plugin in conjunction with exiscan. It is no problem to 
> use both exiscan and sa-exim together, and I would recommend it to those 
> who need a more sophisticated antispam configuration. :)

Cool, thanks.

Marc
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