simscan 1.1 review

Simscan is a simple program that enables qmail-smtpd to reject viruses, spam, and block attachments during the SMTP conversation so t

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 127K Developer: Kenh Jones

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Simscan is a simple program that enables qmail-smtpd to reject viruses, spam, and block attachments during the SMTP conversation so the email never makes it into your computers. Very efficient and written in C. It is made from open source components and is completely free

Here are some key features of "simscan":
Runs as a separate program under a separate user than any other qmail program to limit possible security problems.
clamav virus scanning ( --enable-clamav (default yes ) ). Rejects email containing viruses.
trophie/TrendMicro virus scanning.
support for spamassassin 3.0 and 2.6 series.
spamassassin scanning ( --enable-spam (default no ) ). Rejects email that has X-Spam-Flag: YES set.
spamassassin hit level rejection ( --enable-spam-hits (default 10.0 ) ). Requires --enable-spam to be enabled. Allows for rejection of email above a certain hit count. All other email is passed through with spamassassin headers and changes.
attachment blocking ( --enable-attach (default no ) ). Blocks emails with attachments listed in a control file.
fine grained control of clamav/trophie/spamassassin/attachment blocking per user/per domain/per system. ( --enable-per-domain (default no))
logging of virus name, IP and to/from addresses to smtpd log file when a virus is detected.
configuration option to set custom spamc arugments --enable-spamc-args
configuration option to add -u user@domain argument to spamc --enable-spamc-user
received header which includes virus scanner and spamassassin version nformation
works with open source Clam AntiVirus by the Clam Team.
works with open source trophie virus scanner interface to TrendMicro.
works with open source SpamAssassin by the Apache Group.
works with open source QMAILQUEUE patch by Bruce Guenter.
works with open source ripmime by Paul Daniels.
works with freely distributable Qmail by D. J. Bernstien.

What's New in This Release:
virus drop message was not exiting at the right time. Found by Russ Lists
use per domain hit count on spam log message if set.
if read from standard in fails the temp file was not closed so the temporary work directory would not be removed.