Hello Jay,

> I am attempting to write a script that will take action whenever an
> email from the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list is received.  The
> script would run freshclam and grab the most recent update, thus giving
> me the most up to date version at all times without putting a heavy load
> on the ClamAV servers.

This has been discussed before. Short answer: don't do it.

If all of our users download the update at the same time, our mirrors
would die. That's why the TTL for current.cvd.clamav.net is 900
secs and not a few secs.

Best regards

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