Anyone using dccifd?

[Ugo Bellavance]

>-----Message d'origine-----
>De : Peter Bates [mailto:Peter.Bates at LSHTM.AC.UK]
>Envoyé : 1 avril, 2004 06:13
>À : MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Objet : Anyone using dccifd?
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>Hello all...
>
>I still haven't upgraded my MS to a hot new version, but the problem
>isn't entirely related, as I'm concerned about DCC-y shenanigans.
>
>From the SpamAssassin checks, it's clear that when DCC is invoked, it
>checks for dccifd (the 'socket' version) before falling back to
>command-line dccproc, so following discussions at some point on this
>list (and elsewhere), I thought I'd run dccifd, and watch SA 
>'notice it'
>and start using it.
>
>Since then, it's been okay, but there are moments when I start
>getting:
>
>Apr  1 11:20:24 postbox dccifd[27382]: skip asking DCC 1.000 seconds
>more after failure
><snip>
>Apr  1 12:03:07 postbox dccifd[1046]: skip asking DCC 254.668 seconds
>more after failure
>
>... are people out there using dccifd, have they any tips, or is there
>just a newer version I haven't noticed out there?

I'm using dccifd, but I don't get these messages.
I keep my dcc up to date with their "updatedcc" script.

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>Peter Bates, Systems Support Officer, Network Support Team.
>London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
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