I run the scanner to block vbs attachments. I'm only handling mail for 35
people (with very light/moderate mail traffic) so it doesn't make any
noticeable dent in performance.
Keep in mind that it is written in perl and on the page they tell you what
to expect in terms of getting hardware to compensate for using the scanner
on a production machine.
-----Original Message-----
From: Markus Stumpf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 12:46 PM
To: qmail list
Subject: Re: Should I try the Qmail-scanner?
On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 12:30:18PM -0800, Eric Wang wrote:
> server the stability and efficiency is extremely high demand.
> Any suggestion and experience are highly appreciated.
First I have to say that we don't use the scanner.
Some month ago someone posted to this list that plugging a virus scanner
in at a busy mail server demands a magnitude of 300-400% more cpu
power as compared to running without one.
So, if efficiency is a extremely high demand for you check your ressources.
I don't think that the qmail-scanner alone will have any effect on the
stability tho.
\Maex
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