On Mar 15, 2011, at 4:48 PM, TR Shaw wrote: > Look at your config file. You don't need to scan all more than probably 200KB > of a file.
So you are suggesting I use the MaxScanSize directive to limit scans to the first 200KB of each file? (i.e., add a line to clamd.conf: MaxScanSize 200KB). I imagine that would speed things up nicely.... :-) > If you're using google; don't. It will help for email but probably will not > help finding badness on a file server. Likewise with unofficials. Not all > unofficials are appropriate for your application. Sorry, Tom, I don't have the knowledge to understand this. > > Lastly when you complied you clamd what compiler options did you pick? I updated the bzip-related libraries and made sure I was using GCC 3.3. LDFLAGS="-O3 -L/opt/local/lib" ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --mandir=/usr/local/share/man --sysconfdir=/private/etc/spam/clamav/new --enable-bigstack --with-user=clamav --enable-static --with-group=clamav --with-dbdir=/var/clamav --datadir=/var/clamav Then, make and install. ----------------- Russ Tyndall Wake Forest, NC _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml