Michael wrote:

> Is there a de facto standard for email virus scanning with Linux? It
> doesn't matter if it's a free solution or not (free is better of course!),
> but I was wondering what other system administrators actually use out
> there for filtering viruses from their corporate email.

I'm using a dedicated server running Debian Woody, with postfix as the mail
server, and running amavisd-new, spamassassin, clamav, and freshclam from
backports.org.

Configuration is a matter of editing a few files, and it all goes; clam and
spamassassin both get run by amavis, so editing the amavis config file is
the biggest thing.

We're running it on a Compaq Proliant DL380, and it's handling ~25,000 email
messages per day with no noticeable strain. The one bit of customization
we did beyond the necessary stuff explained in the READMEs for the packages
is to set it to delete the stored spam and viruses after seven days, so we
wouldn't run out of disk space.

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