[clamav-users] Download timeout/retry issue

[Reio Remma]

On 10/02/2020 09:24, Jim Householder wrote:
> Last month I had a problem with freshclam.  It would timeout 
> downloading its files and retry.  Continuously.  It wiped out my 
> monthly data quota.
>
> I fixed the problem by changing the timeout from 30 to 0 in 
> freshclam.conf.
>
> Last night's update replaced freshclam.conf with a new copy, changing 
> the timeout back to 30.
>
> Between 8pm last night and 10am today my data quota was exhausted 
> again.  I'm now limited to 12KBS til the end of the month.
>
> My satellite Internet connection is good for 12Mbs, which limits my 
> download speed to about 1.2MBS.  Thus the 60+MB file that freshclam 
> wants can never be acquired in 30 seconds.
>
> The default timeout needs to be at least 120 seconds to allow for slow 
> speeds.
>
> Not happy

I just read from the latest 0.102.2 update notes posted to the list last 
week that:

• Changed the default freshclam ReceiveTimeout setting to 0 (infinite). 
The ReceiveTimeout had caused needless database update failures for 
users with slower internet connections.

Good luck,
Reio