On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 12:03:20PM +0300, Mark Tinka wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi. > > Hi. > > > I am experimenting with exim+exiscan+sweep after the recent DOS > > against clamd made me skeptical about clamd+clamav. After starting up > > exim,I notice a sharp increase in the server load. The sweep process > > appears to be the culprit.Otherthan reverting back to clamav/clamd, > > has anyone on the list found some other parameters that can be used > > to optimise the performance of exim+sophos-sweep? Thanks. > > We use Sophos, but not in 'run-time' mode; as a daemon. There's less > overhead that way, and you don't need a hook (such as Exiscan) to call > 'sweep'. > > Sophos designed MailMonitor. It's a daemon that provides an API (through > SAVI) to 'sweep' and the MTA (Exim, Postfix, Sendmail e.t.c.). > > All you need to do is install SAV (which you have already), and then install > MailMonitor for SMTP (which you can get for a renewable [in my experience] > 30 days off www.sophos.com), and you're good to go. > > Regards, > > Mark Tinka > Technical Manager, Africa Online Swaziland > > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug
Well, that would be an alternative,except that MailMonitor was designed to run on Linux not FreeBSD.and the present trial is for only 7 days. At this rate,clamav will still rule. -- ken --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
