On 12/21/06 10:28 AM, "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Heck, > even starting freshclam per cron, IMHO, is a hugely expensive affair > (repeated startup/initialization cost). Just running a small daemonized > freshclam (about 5M), which periodically does an extremely light-weight > DNS query, is unbeatable in efficiency.
True, but if a server is so busy that it can't afford to start a small process every couple of hours, it needs to be replaced. (The surge in spam in the past few months, of course, is moving all of us in that direction.) --John _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
