Installing/Using DCC sanity check

Ugo Bellavance ugob at CAMO-ROUTE.COM
Fri Jan 7 04:55:12 GMT 2005


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>
> I read the FAQ regarding using DCCifd, which says this:
> -------------
> 'So, if you use MailScanner on a low scale mail server, or even as a one
> user's
> solution, it's better that you run it as DCCproc.
>
> If your mailserver scans loads of messages each day, then it'll be better to
>
> run it as a daemon.'
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> I move probably 3000 messages a day inbound.  Any recommendations on which
> would be more efficient (DCCproc or DCCifd) or for that low of a number is
> it a wash?

The best thing is to try it out and compare, I think.

About 10 MB of code... would you rather load it everytime or have 10 MB
of RAM used all the time?

Ugo

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