On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 14:20, Jim Maul wrote: > Trog wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 03:45, Eric Worthy wrote: > > > >>This is a vanilla install off qmailrocks.org site. > > > > > > This may be your problem. I seem to remember they are guilty of doing > > very bad things to the clamav install, like linking clamdscan to > > clamscan. > > > the QMR install doesnt really do very bad things. It clearly explains > why it does what it does and that for high volume servers you may not > want to follow the directions entirely. Yes, it links clamdscan to > clamscan so you are ALWAYS calling clamscan once per message. On a high > volume server this isnt ideal. I would undo this linking, start clamd > and run the real clamdscan as opposed to the linked one. Your > performance should get noticeably better.
So, I was correct, QMR completely screws up the ClamAV installation for no reason other than ignorance and gross stupidity. It also tells it's misguided users to run freshclam on-the-hour. Another bad decision. So, don't follow anything they say about installing ClamAV, and you'll be ok. -trog
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