[Avcheck] sophie error strings

Max Kalika max@lsit.ucsb.edu
Sat, 27 Jul 2002 03:30:10 -0700


Quoting Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>:

> Error: File corrupted, Sophie could not proceed.

This one too! :-)  If a file is corrupted once, it will always be -- no
need to queue and retry.

>  a) why sophie/trophie not uses more verbose error *code* instead of
> message text,   like other virusscanners do?!  Why always -1?  This one
> case at least may be handled   differently, and maybe "Error: File
> corrupted, Sophie could not proceed." too (another   candidate for such
> list of interesting error messages).

I honestly don't know. :-)  And yes, you're right, this is an interesting
message.

>  b) what virge will do with such errors? ;)

Log them and let the message through. (I had to install virge temporarily
because I was getting way too many complaints about deferred -- and later
bounced -- mail.

---max kalika
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