Hi Timo,

> /tmp is used for files temporarily created by clamdscan or clamscan 
> while scanning them. i could create a 'real world' scenario by setting
> up another machine and throwing mails w/large attachments on it.

Is the /tmp with a mfs partition larger than 600M? That seems to be the
cutoff on macppc, but it could be lower (but I've tried 300M and smaller
with no problems).

thanks,
tim