[Mimedefang] Anti-virus software

[Kelson]

WBrown at e1b.org wrote:
> I know that they log warings if you are running an out of date version, 
> but the only time I am ceratin they cut old versions off was when they 
> went to the new model of checking for updates via DNS TXT records instead 
> of HTTP connections.  They let it slide for a while, then announced a 
> cutoff date after which old clients would be refused to force the issue. 

As I recall, ClamAV only cut off access to old clients that connected 
too frequently.  (Lots of people doing DNS lookups every 5 minutes isn't 
much, but an hourly crush of unnecessary HTTP GETs was bogging down 
their servers.)  I could be misremembering, though.

-- 
Kelson Vibber
SpeedGate Communications <www.speed.net>