Problem with ClamAV update

[Julian Field]

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Scott Silva wrote:

>Julian Field said the following on 6/13/2005 10:12 AM:
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>>Scott Silva wrote:
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>>>>Billy A. Pumphrey wrote:
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>>>>>Which program of Clam does it use.  Clamscan? 
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>>>>>-----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
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>>>>>Billy A. Pumphrey wrote:
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>>>>>>Little bit different question if I may.
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>>>>>>How does MailScanner use ClamAV?  Looks like it doesn't use clamd.
>>>>>>Would someone help me understand why and how MailScanner uses clamav?
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>>>>>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.
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>>>>Yes clamscan, unless you are using the clamavmodule, then it is a
>>>>scanner in perl, using the clam database.
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>>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, 
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>   ^^^^     ^^^^
>   Huh!
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>>it just directly calls the C ClamAV function library straight from Perl.
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>Hey Julian,
>I think you need a quick nap.
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? I don't understand you. The original poster asked if MailScanner used 
clamd, and it doesn't. What's wrong with my comment? Seems valid to me.

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