User manual

Milter Mode
Avira GmbH Avira AntiVir MailGate 11
3Milter Mode
3.1 Overview
AntiVir Milter has been a stand-alone product up to now. The product has been available
only for Sendmail, using the Sendmail Milter interface. Now, the Milter functionality is
integrated in MailGate.
In order to start MailGate in Milter mode, the option ListenAddress in
avmailgate.conf requires the following syntax (after installing MailGate):
inet:port@{hostname|ip-address}
Example: inet:3333@localhost
– OR –
{unix|local}:/path/to/file
Example:
unix:/path/to/file
local:/path/to/file
If necessary, the ForwardTo entry has to be set to the Sendmail binary. If the
default value is correct, the option has to remain unchanged:
ForwardTo /usr/lib/sendmail -oem -oi
AntiVir MailGate will no longer use the avmilter.* files for Milter mode. They have
to be renamed avmailgate.*
Example: mv /etc/avmilter.warn /etc/avmailgate.warn
To migrate from an older Milter installation to the current AntiVir MailGate
(Milter mode), the file
MILTER_MIGRATION must be used. It is located in the /doc
directory of the product kit.
It is recommended to adjust the file avmailgate.conf instead of renaming the file
avmilter.conf