* Ed Ravin wrote: > Sorry, I should have posted the clamd.monitor used at my shop. > > The one from http://www.cmpublishers.com/oss/ checks the TCP > banner, complains if the socket isn't answered or if you're running > an outdated clamd (the latter a nice feature which is not in the > one I've been using). >
Please don't use the 9-29-2009 release. > However, the clamd monitor attached to this message goes through > the steps to actually submit a piece of email for virus scanning, > and uses the EICAR "fake virus" to test whether clamd is actually > going through the message. That goes a bit deeper into the internals > and might turn up problems that a simple socket open/close wouldn't. > NICE!!! That is cool. I'll add that to a future release. I didn't realize there was a Clamav::Client perl module. I'll have to use that in a future release too. > We use a similar monitor for SpamAssassin that uses the corresponding > "fake spam signature" to test whether spamd is checking messages - if > anyone's interested, let me know. > > -- Ed Sure, I could use that. Whats going on right here, is what makes Open Source Software so great -- Sincerely, Nathan Gibbs Systems Administrator Christ Media http://www.cmpublishers.com
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