Re: ClamAV consumes so much memory that my Postfix service gets killed by OOM Killer from time to time

On 04.03.25 12:49, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming via clamav-users wrote:
> From the above output, it appears that clamscan is being used automatically.
>
> When I login to my Virtualmin web hosting control panel, I will click 
> Virtualmin at the top left, then click Email Settings > Spam and Virus 
> Scanning.
>
> Under the "Global spam and virus scanner options" tab, "Virus scanning 
> program" option, the Standalone scanner (clamscan) was automatically 
> selected.  PLEASE NOTE THAT I HAVE NEVER CONFIGURED THIS SETTING BEFORE IN 
> THE PAST.  If I change the "Virus scanning program" option to Local server 
> scanner (clamd), will my situation improve tremendously?  Will the memory 
> footprint reduce and bring about enhanced stability to my AlmaLinux 9.5 
> Virtual Private Server (VPS) in Germany?

Yes, as I wrote in one of my previous e-mails, scanning using "clamd" uses 
much less memory.

https://marc.info/?l=postfix-users&m=174101580201668&w=2

Note that I don't use virtualmin so I don't know how exactly it works, 
however virtualmin seems to already have option for that as It was already 
mentioned:

https://marc.info/?l=postfix-users&m=174101817003588&w=2

see the page:

https://www.virtualmin.com/docs/server-components/spam-and-virus-scanning/

the section "Reducing CPU load with Clamd"
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