[clamav-users] Freshclam Question

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 01 July 2015 04:09:28 Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> On 30.06.15 09:26, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >While personally investigating it here, I came to
> > /etc/freshclam.conf, and discovered it was checking hourly. IMO that
> > is really severe abuse of a free service, so I reset it to 12x daily
> > and may even set it down to 2x a day.
>
> the default seems to be 48 daily checks, so I wouldn't consider 24
> checks a day to be abuse... imho it's better to have fresh database.

Possibly so, for a winders user.  The last time it grabbed and 
quarantened a incoming mail was on June 10th,  So either the mail server 
I use has excellent filtering, which I know to be false as its a qmail 
server I help Jim setup in 1999. Its had a few patches installed since. 
I also scan the 3 areas where I might find bad code on this machine once 
daily.  Since I host my own web page, see sig, I scan that too, but 
AFAIK, no one has write privs thru it.

This machine needs to catch a breath occasionally too.  Its my do 
everything machine.  And the only one on the premises with its screen , 
keyboard, mouse at sitdown height and a comfy office chair.  I usually 
write gcode here, proof it on a simulated machine here, and send it to 
whichever machine is going to do the actual metal or wood carving.

I appreciate the service, but I am not a "paying" customer. If I can 
reduce the server load, I feel like I should. AFAIK, no one has ever 
found a way to repeal TANSTAAFL.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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