Re: Unable to queue message

John Peacock wrote:
> aarontbell <at> gmail.com wrote:
>   
>> My apologies--I'm using smtp-forward to send it through our AV software
>> locally. 
>>     
>
> Ah, well, that's likely to be the source of the problem, then.  Normally, one
> would run the AV software "upstream" (i.e. after DATA but before queuing the
> message), because then you can refuse infected messages.  By placing the AV
> software in the QUEUE phase, you have already decided to accept the message.
> Alternatively, add qmail-queue after the smtp-forward as a fallback (and have
> qmail forward to the AV software).  qpsmtpd doesn't handle rejection too well
> during the QUEUE phase (as you've noted).
>
> What AV software/hardware are you using?  There may be a better way to integrate
> that in with qpsmtpd...
>
> John
Rejecting at queue should be avoided if at all possible.

Rejecting during queue is rfc ok, but should only be
done by a honeypot responding in kind or defending
its resources.

-Bob