Julio wrote:
> I have set clamav to scan incoming mail, and for efficiency purposes
> I have decided to  use the daemon.
...
> d) Using clamscan instead of the daemon will be less efficient?

The daemon should be started at system bootup.  It will take care of starting 
additional daemonic threads as it sees fit.

The drop-in substitute for clamscan is clamdscan - this will talk to clamd for 
you.  clamdscan does require that clamd be running when you call clamdscan.

Another thing to consider is freshclam.  You can run freshclam as a daemon 
(freshclam -d), or periodically through cron (without the -d.)  Do not run 
freshclamd -d through cron or you'll be running multiple daemons and eventually 
bring your machine to its knees.

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