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<DIV><SPAN class=876443214-01072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I've
just seen this happen too, caused me a big backlog. I've disabled Clam for
the time being (its not my only scanner), but some kind of timeout would be
really helpful.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Julian Field
[mailto:mailscanner@ECS.SOTON.AC.UK]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 30 June 2003
19:15<BR><B>To:</B> MAILSCANNER@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
mailscanner timeout on virus updates...?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>At 19:04
30/06/2003, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=arial size=2>Is there
a way to set mailscanner to timeout when it's waiting on the virus update
script(s)? My installation of MailScanner and ClamAV was stuck and
just queueing messages again today, because the ClamAV update program was
hung for some reason. I've sent a message to that list to see if
there's a solution, but I was also wondering if there's a way to set a
timeout value for MailScanner if the virus update script doesn't complete in
a certain amount of time. Maybe even send an email to root or
something to let them know that the script timed
out...</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>It won't make it into the July release, but I
could knock up a sample autoupdate script that wraps the update in a timeout.
This is probably best placed in the global updater actually.<BR><BR>Let me
think on that, and the best way to do it... <BR>
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<DIV>Julian Field</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.mailscanner.info/"
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<DIV>Professional Support Services at <A href="http://www.mailscanner.biz/"
EUDORA="AUTOURL">www.MailScanner.biz</A></DIV>MailScanner thanks transtec
Computers for their support </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY><br />
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