oops... yes, I meant clamd. I do run procmail. Are you saying that if I have the clamd daemon running I won't use procmail to invoke the scan?
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:31:12 -0700, "Brian Riffle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Scott G LeBaron wrote: > > What would be the benefit of running spamd instead of just running > clamscan? > > > I'm not sure, but I think you meant clamd, instead of spamd. if that is > the case ... > > I think the big advantage comes in two reasons.. one, you don't have > the startup/teardown time of starting all those procmail processes. (if > you run procmail, which is reason 1.5) number two, you can actually put > clamd on a different host.. Say you have 5 front end email servers for a > really, really big company, you can setup a 6th box to do virus checking > for all of the mail servers. > > Number 1 really probably matters mainly if you have lots and lots of > email.. > > Spamd is spamassassin, and its probably a very good idea to run both, > but virus is critical.. > > Course, I'm just a end user, i'm sure one of the developers could give > you lots and lots of juicy details... ;) > > Brian > > > -- > Brian Riffle > System and Network Administrator > > Klamath Community College > 7390 South 6th St > Klamath Falls, OR 97603 > > Phone 541.880.2245 > Fax 541.885.7758 > > > _______________________________________________ > http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html -- Scott G LeBaron [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - And now for something completely differentÂ… _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
