Sophos SAVI problems

[Julian Field]

At 04:06 29/04/2003, you wrote:
>On Sat, 26 Apr 2003 23:50:49 -0700, Daniel Kleinsinger
><danielk at AVALONPUB.COM> wrote:
>
> >>> Apr 25 17:52:05 nts-2 MailScanner[4739]: MailScanner child dying of
> >>> old age
>
> >So I then changed Minimum Code Status from supported to beta and,
> >surprise surprise, it started working.  I then reverted to the unpatched
> >SweepViruses.pm, leaving MCS at beta, and the old error came back.  So
> >it would seem that the new code fixed some problem with identifying new
> >IDEs.  Thanks for fixing it so quickly.
>
>  I followed the same path, changing to using sophossavi (RH8/MS4.14-9/May-
>SophosUpdate), and ended up with what seems to me to be the same problem!
>
>  I have no idea how to apply patches, nor how to change Code status..

The "Minimum Code Status" is right at the bottom of MailScanner.conf.

>Are
>the changes made by the patch incorperated into the latest BETA or next
>release by any chance?

If you let me know what distribution you are using, I'll point you at the
very latest code.
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