Thanks for that tip, I can't believe I've never thought of that. Somehow I don't think it's because I'm accessing the file when many others are, because it doesn't work even when I run it manually at odd times during the day.
----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT: SAV Intelligent Updater > > >I've had a script running for a while that downloads the updated > >Intelligent Updater from Symantec every day and installs the new virus > >definitions for me. But in the past week, for some reason it appears that > >Symantec's site is denying my script access to download the file. > > > >Has anyone else that uses SAV had this problem before? I actually had > >this issue before, but then it seemed to have corrected itself. Could it > >be that my script is trying to access the file when there are too many > >other users out there trying to access it? Any input would be appreciated. > > Do you have your script set to run at a very common time (such as > 12:00)? It's generally considered bad practice to automatically download > files at X:00 or X:30 -- it is best to choose a random number of minutes > after the hour, to help distribute the load on their servers. > > -Scott > --- > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers > since 2000. > Declude Virus: Ultra reliable virus detection and the leader in mailserver > vulnerability detection. > Find out what you've been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
