On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 17:54 -0800, Dennis Peterson wrote:
> Karsten Bräckelmann wrote:
>
> > The main purpose was, to keep ClamAV from scanning the entire, possibly
> > large file (err, mail). And maybe even speed it up. It's good practice
> > to bound your REs or wildcards anyway.
> >
> > I wonder, if this indeed would speed up scanning, however small, of
> > large-ish files. Or would the additional constraint actually impose more
> > CPU cycles spent?
>
> The sigs are full of unbound RE's. That's why scanning mbox mail files is
> pointless.
Yes, I know. I contributed that fact to the thread a while ago...
I do realize the ambiguity here -- there is no plural for 'mail'. :)
However, I am talking about a *single* mail. If I would have been
talking about mbox files, I'd have used that term.
Dennis, thanks for your reply. Just doesn't answer the question,
unfortunately... ;)
guenther
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char *t="[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
main(){ char h,m=h=*t++,*x=t+2*h,c,i,l=*x,s=0; for (i=0;i<l;i++){ i%8? c<<=1:
(c=*++x); c&128 && (s+=h); if (!(h>>=1)||!t[s+h]){ putchar(t[s]);h=m;s=0; }}}
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