Problem with ClamAV update

[Scott Silva]

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Julian Field said the following on 6/13/2005 10:12 AM:
> Scott Silva wrote:
> 
> 
>>>Billy A. Pumphrey wrote:
>>> 
>>>
>>>
>>>>Which program of Clam does it use.  Clamscan? 
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
>>>>Behalf Of Scott Silva
>>>>Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 10:16 AM
>>>>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>>>Subject: Re: Problem with ClamAV update
>>>>
>>>>Billy A. Pumphrey wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Little bit different question if I may.
>>>>>
>>>>>How does MailScanner use ClamAV?  Looks like it doesn't use clamd.
>>>>>Would someone help me understand why and how MailScanner uses clamav?
>>>>>
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Mailscanner unpacks a batch of messages to a temporary directory tree,
>>>>and then runs the command line scanners on that directory.
>>>>When the scanners report back infections. MailScanner, since it kept
>>>>track of where each message was unpacked, can parse the output and
>>>>delete/quarantine/warn of each infected message.
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>
>>>Yes clamscan, unless you are using the clamavmodule, then it is a
>>>scanner in perl, using the clam database.
>>> 
>>>
> 
> The clamavmodule is the fastest way of calling ClamAV, faster than using 
> spamd or spamc. My method does not require starting any programs at all, 
   ^^^^     ^^^^
   Huh!
> it just directly calls the C ClamAV function library straight from Perl.
> 
Hey Julian,
I think you need a quick nap.
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