In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Luca Gibelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hello Jay, > >> I am attempting to write a script that will take action whenever an >> email from the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list is received. The >> script would run freshclam and grab the most recent update, thus giving >> me the most up to date version at all times without putting a heavy load >> on the ClamAV servers. > >This has been discussed before. Short answer: don't do it. > >If all of our users download the update at the same time, our mirrors >would die. That's why the TTL for current.cvd.clamav.net is 900 >secs and not a few secs. > >Best regards Although should that ever become that serious an issue, the solution would be to simply delay the emails so that they go out over a period of 900 seconds, spreading the load evenly. -- Dave Warren, MSN Instant Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: (403) 770-6140 Cell: (403) 690-3140 _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
