TechnoToys: Clam AntiVirus software

[Nigel Horne]

On Tuesday 03 May 2005 15:24, Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D. wrote:

> For example, the Evolution mailer can apply filters to incoming and
> outgoing mail. One available type of filter pipes mail through a shell
> script and then takes an action [e.g. move infected email to a
> particular folder] based upon the return value of the shell script. Here
> is a simple shell script that can be used to implement an anti-virus
> filter:
> 
>         % cat /usr/local/bin/clam-filter
>         
>         #!/bin/sh
>         /usr/bin/clamscan --quiet --stdout --recursive -

In this scenario you should use clamdscan, not clamscan, it would be much quicker.

> -Joseph

-Nigel

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