Re: [Exim] How do you handle dead clams?

Top Page
Delete this message
Reply to this message
Author: Adrian Phillips
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] How do you handle dead clams?
>>>>> "Hank" == hank <hank@???> writes:

    Hank> I have noticed a similar problem in which the clamd process
    Hank> doesn't actually die, but it incorrectly accepts client
    Hank> requests, delivering the same confusing error to my users.
    Hank> Unless I am misinformed, even daemontools would not know to
    Hank> restart the server in this situation.  A default policy of
    Hank> "always let mail through, even if it has a virus" is
    Hank> absolutely needed in order for mail to be scanned for
    Hank> viruses on my network.


I use mon to run a test scan every x minutes to make sure everything
is working which triggers a kill, tidy and restart if it fails,

Sincerely,

Adrian Phillips

--
Who really wrote the works of William Shakespeare ?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shakespeare/