Environment
GWAVA 4 All Builds Netware, Linux
Situation
What order does GWAVA 4 scan its messages in?
Resolution
The GWAVA Scanner scans every message in the following order: 1) Message direction scan 2) RBL Scan 3) Message/Source address scan 4) Message/Destination address scan 5) Watermark filter scan 6) Raw message filter scan 7) MIME header filter scan 8) Message/General Subject+Body text filter scan 9) Message/Subject text filter scan 10) Message/Body text filter scan 11) Message/Antispam scan 12) Message/Attachments scan 13) Attachment/File type scan 14) Attachment/Fingerprint scan 15) Attachment/Virus scan 16) Message/Oversize scan 17) Message/IP address scan 18) Message/SURBL scan Note: Gwava will scan every message even if it has an active exception. Note: This order cannot be changed. Note: All services (block, quarantine, notify etc.) will occur after the message scanning has been completed.
Additional Information
This article was originally published in the GWAVA knowledgebase as article ID 714.