Re: [Clamav-users] Re: Why does clam die on a malformed database ?

2006-12-31 Thread Sander Holthaus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Rudd wrote: Sander Holthaus wrote: Dennis Peterson wrote: This is a very naive or at least uninformed position to take on the monetary significance of email. The issue is that email never was designed to be used in that particular

Re: [Clamav-users] Re: Why does clam die on a malformed database ?

2006-12-31 Thread Gerard Seibert
On Saturday December 30, 2006 at 07:26:57 (PM) Sander Holthaus wrote: The issue is that email never was designed to be used in that particular fashion. While it may be fast and almost instant in normal circumstances, it was not designed with that in mind. The fact that businesses do expect

Re: [Clamav-users] Re: Why does clam die on a malformed database ?

2006-12-31 Thread Sander Holthaus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gerard Seibert wrote: On Saturday December 30, 2006 at 07:26:57 (PM) Sander Holthaus wrote: The issue is that email never was designed to be used in that particular fashion. While it may be fast and almost instant in normal circumstances, it

Re: [Clamav-users] Re: Why does clam die on a malformed database ?

2006-12-31 Thread Daniel Staal
--As of December 31, 2006 2:30:51 PM +0100, Sander Holthaus is alleged to have said: I'm not saying that things should not evolve, I'm not saying that email should not be instant or that businesses should not use it the way they do. But the technology behind email hasn't kept up pace with the

[Clamav-users] Re: Why does clam die on a malformed database ?

2006-12-30 Thread Dave Warren
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Rudd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sander Holthaus wrote: A tempfail is not a disaster in most scenarios. You may not be able to receive mail until it is fixed, but you still get the mail after it is fixed. I think that attitude works fine in trivially small

Re: [Clamav-users] Re: Why does clam die on a malformed database ?

2006-12-30 Thread John Rudd
Dave Warren wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Rudd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sander Holthaus wrote: A tempfail is not a disaster in most scenarios. You may not be able to receive mail until it is fixed, but you still get the mail after it is fixed. I think that attitude works fine in

Re: [Clamav-users] Re: Why does clam die on a malformed database ?

2006-12-30 Thread Dennis Peterson
Dave Warren wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Rudd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sander Holthaus wrote: A tempfail is not a disaster in most scenarios. You may not be able to receive mail until it is fixed, but you still get the mail after it is fixed. I think that attitude works fine in

Re: [Clamav-users] Re: Why does clam die on a malformed database ?

2006-12-30 Thread Sander Holthaus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dennis Peterson wrote: Dave Warren wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Rudd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sander Holthaus wrote: A tempfail is not a disaster in most scenarios. You may not be able to receive mail until it is fixed, but you

Re: [Clamav-users] Re: Why does clam die on a malformed database ?

2006-12-30 Thread Dennis Peterson
Sander Holthaus wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dennis Peterson wrote: Dave Warren wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Rudd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sander Holthaus wrote: A tempfail is not a disaster in most scenarios. You may not be able to receive mail until

Re: [Clamav-users] Re: Why does clam die on a malformed database ?

2006-12-30 Thread John Rudd
Sander Holthaus wrote: Dennis Peterson wrote: This is a very naive or at least uninformed position to take on the monetary significance of email. The issue is that email never was designed to be used in that particular fashion. No offense, but Dennis is right. You're being naive.