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my experience and questions about clamwall and clamd

If the installation is correct ClamD and FreshClam should be started once (with Mercury), not for every message. FreshClam will then get new virus definitions regularly.

Try updating to the current version of ClamAV (http://hideout.ath.cx/clamav/), and verify that you have the right paths in conf files and in ClamWall.

/Rolf 

<p>If the installation is correct ClamD and FreshClam should be started once (with Mercury), not for every message. FreshClam will then get new virus definitions regularly.</p><p>Try updating to the current version of ClamAV (http://hideout.ath.cx/clamav/), and verify that you have the right paths in conf files and in ClamWall.</p><p>/Rolf </p>

hi

i experienced some troubles with clamwall: before and after reading community posts, trying many setups, i was not able to get mercury to self control clamd.exe. eventually i:

- downloaded clamav build from the site suggested by http://www.ararat.cz/eng/show.php?clamwall: http://hideout.ath.cx/clamav

- copied in bin (where clamd.exe and freshclam.exe are) the conf files suggested by http://www.ararat.cz/eng/show.php?clamwall: http://www.ararat.cz/download/clamself-config.zip

- wrote a simple batch to start, in order, freshclam.exe (to update clam before starting clamd), then clamd.exe, and finally mercury.

- configured and enabled clamwall for this setup, obviously.

this works. it always works if you start clamd.exe externally.

my question are:

- there any other tricks to try out?

- i see from the logs that for each scan the sequence invoked is:

   20070831 120835.774 MG000010 From:sender@fiure.it <sender></sender>@figure.it>

<sender>   20070831 120835.774 MG000010 To: recipient@figure.it </sender>

@figure.it>

<sender>C 20070831 120835.805 MG000010 ClamD version: ClamAV 0.91.2/4110/Fri Aug 31 01:49:40 2007 </sender>

@figure.it>

<sender>C 20070831 120835.805 MG000010 ClamD started </sender>

@figure.it>

<sender>C 20070831 120835.805 MG000010 FreshClam started </sender>

_ @figure.it>

<sender>   20070831 120835.946 MG000010 Done! (174) </sender>

@figure.it>

<sender>now, what is the purpose of calling freshclam, after "starting" clamd..? does it update clam? </sender>

if not, i have to reglarly (and manually i guess) update clam through freshclam... AT command i suppose.

@figure.it>

<sender>any better known way, folks? </sender>

bye all!
@figure.it>

&lt;p&gt;hi i experienced some troubles with clamwall: before and after reading community posts, trying many setups, i was not able to get mercury to self control clamd.exe. eventually i: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- downloaded clamav build from the site suggested by http://www.ararat.cz/eng/show.php?clamwall: http://hideout.ath.cx/clamav &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- copied in bin (where clamd.exe and freshclam.exe are) the conf files suggested by http://www.ararat.cz/eng/show.php?clamwall: http://www.ararat.cz/download/clamself-config.zip &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- wrote a simple batch to start, in order, freshclam.exe (to update clam before starting clamd), then clamd.exe, and finally mercury. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- configured and enabled clamwall for this setup, obviously. this works. it always works if you start clamd.exe externally. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;my question are: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- there any other tricks to try out? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- i see from the logs that for each scan the sequence invoked is: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 20070831 120835.774 MG000010 From:sender@fiure.it &lt;sender@figure.it&gt;&lt;/sender@figure.it&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sender@figure.it&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 20070831 120835.774 MG000010 To: recipient@figure.it &lt;/sender@figure.it&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sender@figure.it&gt;C 20070831 120835.805 MG000010 ClamD version: ClamAV 0.91.2/4110/Fri Aug 31 01:49:40 2007 &lt;/sender@figure.it&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sender@figure.it&gt;C 20070831 120835.805 MG000010 ClamD started &lt;/sender@figure.it&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sender@figure.it&gt;C 20070831 120835.805 MG000010 FreshClam started _ &lt;/sender@figure.it&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sender@figure.it&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 20070831 120835.946 MG000010 Done! (174) &lt;/sender@figure.it&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sender@figure.it&gt;now, what is the purpose of calling freshclam, after &quot;starting&quot; clamd..? does it update clam? if not, i have to reglarly (and manually i guess) update clam through freshclam... AT command i suppose. &lt;/sender@figure.it&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sender@figure.it&gt;any better known way, folks? bye all! &lt;/sender@figure.it&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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