Virus Scanning moved imap files

[Shelley Waltz]

Marc Patermann wrote:
> Shelley,
>
> Shelley Waltz schrieb (30.11.2011 16:47 Uhr):
>> I have two imap servers, one which has smtp(postfix) and virus scanning
>> before delivery to imap.
>>
>> I have another imap archive server which has no smtp, but users simply
>> move messages from their imap account(s) to the archive server.  It 
>> appears
>> that some messages have infections.
>>
>> My question is, other than wholesale scanning the entire imap 
>> directory, moving
>> infected messages to a virus folder, and reconstructing the mailbox, 
>> is there a
>> more elegant way?  One which scans on arrival before depositing into 
>> inbox?
> I think you mean an "on access scanner".
> There are a few IMHO i.e. 
> http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/download/third-party-tools/3rdparty-fs/
>
> But I am not sure what happens, if the just created/copied infected 
> cyrus message file is (somehow) /handled/ by the scanner.
>
>
> Marc
Yes, I  looked into this on-access scanner.  What I was thinking was 
more like the postfix
amavisd model, where the incoming goes through a filter before arriving 
at inbox.   Is there a
way to do this with sieve - send mail to a filter?