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Document the default value for --server

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Nigel Horne authored on 2004/03/23 18:16:58
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+Tue Mar 23 09:26:18 GMT 2004 (njh)
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+  * docs/man/clamav-milter.8:	Document the default value for --server, and
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+  	clamav-milter's load balancing/fault tolerance capabilities
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 Mon Mar 22 21:30:24 CET 2004 (tk)
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   * freshclam: require strict permissions for config file when HTTPProxyPassword
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-.TH "clamav-milter" "8" "January 12, 2004" "" "Clam AntiVirus"
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+.TH "clamav-milter" "8" "March 23, 2004" "" "Clam AntiVirus"
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 .SH "NAME"
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 .LP 
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 clamav\-milter \- milter compatible mail scanner
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 \fB\-\-server=HOSTNAME/ADDRESS, \-s HOSTNAME/ADDRESS\fR
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 IP address or hostname of server(s) running clamd (when using TCPsocket).
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 More than one server may be specified, separating the servers by colons.
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+If more than one server is specified, clamav\-milter will load balance
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+between the available servers. All the servers must be up when clamav\-milter
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+starts, however afterwards it is fault tolerant to a server becoming
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+unavailable, and will only raise an error if all of the servers cannot be
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+reached.
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+The default value for ADDRESS is 127.0.0.1 (localhost).
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 .TP
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 \fB\-\-sign, \-S\fR
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 Add a hard\-coded signature to each scanned file.