Avira AntiVir MailGate Support August 2010 www.avira.
Contents 1 Installation ............................................................................................................... 3 1.1 The installation package .............................................................................................. 3 1.2 Tips for the Installation................................................................................................. 4 1.3 Installation options ..............................................................................................
Avira AntiVir MailGate | HowTo 1 Installation 1.1 The installation package You find the current installation package for Avira AntiVir MailGate on our website: http://www.avira.de/de/downloads/avira_antivir_mailgate.html Please, decompress the installation package: $ gzip -cd antivir-mailgate-prof.tgz | tar xvf The directory contains important directories and files which are described in the following. $ cd antivir-mailgate-prof- antivir-mailgate-prof-3.0.0-7-0 # .installrc LICENSE LICENSE.
Avira AntiVir MailGate | HowTo The installation directory is structured as follows: Install .
Avira AntiVir MailGate | HowTo ./smcpkg/setup.inf: SAVAPI3_ADDLINK=y MAILGATE_ADDLINK=y MAILGATE_AUTOSTART=y MAILGATE_MANPAGESDIR="" MAILGATE_LOCALACL="`hostname -f` `hostname -d`" MAILGATE_RELAYACL="127.0.0.1/8 192.168.0.
Avira AntiVir MailGate | HowTo The big advantage is that all options which are usually offered by the MTA (SMTPAUTH etc.) are maintained. But the functions of MailGate are limited to the basic commands of the SMTP protocol. MailGate „Standalone“ as Relay The classic option – MailGate as simple mail relay – can be very interesting in large enterprises as the mail structures in large enterprises can be quite complex.
Avira AntiVir MailGate | HowTo In the main configuration of postfix (main.cf) only the entry for the content filter (the redirection) is entered: "antivir" = Port 10024 /etc/postfix/main.cf: content_filter=smtp:localhost:10024 In the following a further TCP socket is defined. On this TCP socket the known mail server service “smtpd” shall listen. Thereby it is important that the definition for the content filter which was valid before is reset so that no mail loop is generated.
Avira AntiVir MailGate | HowTo 2.3 MailGate in connection with Avira AntiSpam The in-house solution of Avira AntiSpam can be ideally combined with MailGate and offers an effective protection against the daily spam flood. A combination is possible as: extended content filter stand alone of both products 2.4 MailGate in connection with further MTAs MailGate can communicate with every mail server which speaks SMTP in an RFCconform way.
Avira AntiVir MailGate | HowTo 3 MailGate Suite in Action 3.1 Characteristics of the MailGate Suite The MailGate suite can be purchased as license upgrade to the usual MailGate license. It is the same product. Additional functions are activated by the license upgrade. The Avira AntiVir MailGate Suite offers an additional AntiSpam solution. If you want to use the MailGate Suite functionalities only a new key file has to be installed, which activates the MailGate Suite.
Avira AntiVir MailGate | HowTo 4.2 Configuration We recommend you the following extended settings: MailGate (without AntiSpam) /etc/avmailgate.conf: MatchMailAddressForLocal LogFile MaxIncomingConnections ScanInArchive ArchiveMaxSize ArchiveMaxRatio ArchiveMaxRecursion BlockSuspiciousArchive BlockUnsupportedArchive BlockEncryptedArchive BlockOnError BOTH /var/log/avmailgate.
Avira AntiVir MailGate | HowTo MailGate Suite (with AntiSpam) /etc/avmailgate.conf: MatchMailAddressForLocal LogFile MaxIncomingConnections ScanInArchive ArchiveMaxSize ArchiveMaxRatio ArchiveMaxRecursion BlockSuspiciousArchive BlockUnsupportedArchive BlockEncryptedArchive BlockOnError BOTH /var/log/avmailgate.
Avira AntiVir MailGate | HowTo # the mail is moved to quarantine at once # the quarantine can be outread and administered via the # AVQ-Manager # # $ /usr/lib/AntiVir/avmailgate.bin --avq –-help # SpamAction TAG DangerousOutbreakAction DangerousAttachmentAction DangerousAlertAction DangerousUnknownAction BLOCK TAG BLOCK TAG # Important: Black- and Whitelist: SpamFilterExceptions /etc/asmailgate.except SpamFilterHandleBulkADVLikeSpam SpamFilterHandleBulkPornLikeSpam SpamFilterModifySubject NO YES YES 4.
Avira AntiVir MailGate | HowTo Small Business: Example: 3 hour interval /etc/cron.d/avira_updater: * */3 * * * root /usr/lib/AntiVir/avupdate --product=Scanner Customers with narrow strip connections (Modem/ISDN): Example: 8 hour interval /etc/cron.d/avira_updater: * */8 * * * root /usr/lib/AntiVir/avupdate --product=Scanner Internet Service Providers It is recommended for internet service providers to download the current signatures more frequently, e.g. every 15 minutes.
