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5.1 MailGate Spool Directories
AntiVir MailGate isolates infected emails in "quarantine". Depending on the
configuration, a message about the detection of a virus/unwanted program is sent
to postmaster and/or the sender and/or recipient of the email. These parameters
can be set in the file avmailgate.conf (see MailGate Configuration in avmailgate.conf
– Page 28).
Spool
directories
The spool directory (default: /var/spool/avmailgate/) contains three sub-
directories:
z incoming: incoming emails that must be scanned.
z outgoing: scanned emails that can be forwarded.
z rejected: emails containing a virus/unwanted program, or classified as
problematic due to a MIME error, for example.
Spool files
In these directories, each email is represented by two files:
z data file
z control file
The name of the data file begins with df- and contains an ID
(for example 32557-0BE692EB).
The control file has the same ID, but according to its status its name begins with:
z xf-: control file has just been processed;
z qf-: the email is to be subjected to a virus scan;
z Qf-: the email is to be forwarded without scanning;
z vf-: the email contains a virus/unwanted program;
z mf-: the email has a MIME problem.
Example
z Data file: df-32557-0BE692EB
z Corresponding control file: qf-32557-0BE692EB