sophos 3.67 and wrapper script

Willem Kuiters wkuiters at FREE.FR
Mon Mar 17 20:58:17 GMT 2003


On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 08:24:17PM +0000, Julian Field wrote:
> You will need the scripts out of the version 4 distribution, which I have
> attached for you.
> You may need to tweak the paths at the top of them a bit.
>
> By the way, there are *major* performance problems with Sophos 3.67. It
> takes 3 times longer to start up than previous versions. Please lodge a
> complaint with Sophos tech support, so that they get their lousy new code
> fixed. The new 3.67 using the old (fast) engine is available, it is the
> "XRS" version. If you don't have these on your CD from Sophos, contact
> their tech support and ask where you can download them from.
>
> Their new engine is appallingly slow to start up, and the more people that
> complain about it, the greater chance of them actually fixing it.

Many thanks, that solved it. I installed the XRS version and your new
scripts. I'll write a complaint about the performance problems of the
3.67 engine now.

Willem
complaint to Sophos tech support



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