[Mimedefang] Timeout for filter_tick

[David F. Skoll]

Jeff Rife wrote:

[Different timeout for filter_tick]

> I know I could do this in a separate process running as a daemon or 
> cron job, but I'd just end up duplicating a lot of the code, and would 
> have to change things in too many places to keep business rules the 
> same.

Our CanIt product has exactly this requirement.  We solved it by running
one multiplexor to handle the mail filtering, and a totally separate
multiplexor (with a different filter and different options) that only
runs the ticker.  The ticker processes can be smaller because they don't
need all the spam-scanning gunk imported by SpamAssassin.  (The second
multiplexor never actually talks to a mimedefang process; it just sits
there ticking...)

Regards,

David.