[imp] scanning for virus after attaching - performance penalty

[ANANT S ATHAVALE]

  ----- Message from Arjen de Korte <arjen+horde at de-korte.org> ---------
   Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:19:56 +0200
   From: Arjen de Korte <arjen+horde at de-korte.org>
Subject: Re: [imp] scanning for virus after attaching - performance penalty
     To: imp at lists.horde.org

> Citeren ANANT S ATHAVALE <asa at isac.gov.in>:
>
>> Dear List,
>>
>> Is anybody using this feature?
>
> Yes.
>
>> Is there a performance penalty?
>
> Of course, scanning takes CPU cycles. If this is noticeable, depends on
> the load of the system. Typically, outbound mail is only a small
> fraction of inbound messages here, so treating outbound messages the
> same as inbound (scanning for virusses and spam) doesn't take a
> noticeable extra amount of resources. But this may be different on your
> system. It is impossible to tell without looking at the traffic of your
> system. Why don't you just try it out?

----- End message from Arjen de Korte <arjen+horde at de-korte.org> -----

OK. Thank you. I will give a try.
-- 
           Regards
            Anant
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