[Mimedefang] Using more than one virus scanner is a good idea.

Richard Laager rlaager at wiktel.com
Tue Feb 3 16:03:04 EST 2004


 
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> If the default is to use all available virus scanners then we
> should configure it to run the fastest virus scanners first.
> All daemonized versions, then file::scan, then the rest.
> That should speed up virus scanning, and is an easy tweak to make.

Any reason for suggesting that File::Scan run after the daemonized
ones? Is it because File::Scan doesn't catch that many viruses
compared to the others? Or is it because it's not updated as quickly
in case of outbreaks? Otherwise, it's faster than the daemonized
virus scanners isn't it?

Richard Laager

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