AV scanning is an embarrasingly parallel problem, of course it
scales. You might
need a few more el cheapo pc engines thats all.
It's curious - but farming it out and still keeping mail delivery to a
reasonable time has not shown to have much success.
I'll quote a former manager who shall remain nameless for his own
safety,
when we had similar arguments long ago...
"They aren't paid to learn, they are paid to answer the phone"
Think about it with a business hat on 8)
I think about it with a sysadmin hat on. And I work in academia. There
are those of us who give a crap about educating and making better users
out of what we have.
I make a point to not enable-users to pick up bad habits.
Viewing the world of the internet as something that someone else will
protect you from is one of those bad habits.
To quote a fictional character of the magical persuasion: CONSTANT
VIGILANCE!
:)
-sv