[Mimedefang] Virus scanner order in v2.40

Royce Williams royce.williams at acsalaska.net
Fri Mar 5 14:36:00 EST 2004


Aaron Paetznick wrote:

> initialize_virus_scanner_routines() defines a certain order of scanners, 
> with File::Scan being first.  For people who run ClamAV, it might be 
> slightly more efficient to list clamd first before File::Scan, and the 
> impact to non-ClamAV users would be zero.  Thoughts?

Since File::Scan is already loaded by MIMEDefang, it runs without having
to call an external program.  Without having any actual stats at hand,
it seems reasonable to conclude that you get a lot of bang for the buck
by having File::Scan make the first pass.

-royce

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