[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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