On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:08:47 -0400 (EDT), Christopher X. Candreva
<ch...@westnet.com> articulated:
>
> It seems this has brought out people who don't normally read this
> list. Let me save you some tilting at windmills.
>
> The philosophy of the ClamAV team has always been, when in doubt
> clamd will not run. There are many people, myself included, who
> disagree with this. We have made our objections known, and this is
> not how the devs choose to run their project.
>
> It is their right. I choose to run ClamAV anyway.
>
> Rant on if it makes you feel better, but you aren't going to change
> their view.
>
> What you SHOULD take from this is that you may want to change how
> your milter is set up, so that if clamd dies, unscanned mail is
> passed rather than rejected or temp-failed.
>
> Because if ever a signature database is corrupted, clamd won't run.
> If there is an empty signature db file, clamd won't run. There are
> probably other situations I can't think of right now that mean clamd
> won't run. I think even if the databases are older than a week, clamd
> won't run.
>
> Now, in the realm of my opinion: If you are running open-source
> software then you better be on a mailing list for it, your distro if
> not the packages themselves.
>
> Because the Clam team, frankly, owes you nothing. Literally,
> absolutely, nothing. They are not only giving you free software, but
> daily, hourly, and sometimes MINUTELY updates to the database. Free.
> If you stop using it, not only won't it hurt them one bit, it will
> save them bandwidth costs.
>
> Is it too much to ask that we take the initiative and keep up with
> what is available ? If they told us we had to check notes posted on
> their front door for updates, it would STILL be more than we deserve.
>
> I'm sorry, but I literally have no sympathy for people who use
> something for free, don't look at announcements for 6 months, then
> complain things stopped working.
>
> And if you think for a minute it would be any better with Microsoft
> or Norton or anyone else -- try dealing with a server that just
> decided it's now unlicensed for who knows what reason.
>
> The traffic on this is ridiculous. You don't like it, buy something,
> but stop whining already.
I agree with your sentiments whole heartedly.
--
Jerry
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