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Configuring Sendmail with Clam-AV Milter

This section discusses the prerequisites and procedure to configure Sendmail with Clam-AV

milter on an HP-UX system.

Prerequisites

Following are the prerequisites for configuring the Clam-AV milter:

• The Sendmail 8.13.3 software

NOTE: Sendmail 8.13.3 is available in the core HP-UX 11i v3 operating system.

• The Clam-AV software

NOTE: You can install the latest Clam-AV software from the HP-UX Internet Express suite

at:

http://www.software.hp.com

Configuring Clam-AV Milter Support on an HP-UX system

Follow this procedure to configure Clam-AV milter support on an HP-UX system:

1. Update the virus database using the freshclam binary:

NOTE: This step is optional. A default database is provided with the Clam-AV software

at /opt/iexpress/clamav/share/clamav/*.cvd, which you can optionally update

to the latest database from the Internet.

a. Edit the following entries in /opt/iexpress/clamav/etc/fresclam.conf

configuration file:

#Example

UpdateLogFile /var/log/freshclam.log

DatabaseMirror db.in.clamav.net “in” specify country code

b. You must specify the HTTP proxy server if the HP-UX system is within a restricted

LAN:

HTTPProxyServer <proxy.domain.com>

HTTPProxyPort <8080>

For example:

HTTPProxyServer proxy.jpn.hp.com

c. Run the freshclam binary

# freshclam

The following output is displayed:

ClamAV update process started at Thu Apr 21 14:37:58 2005

SECURITY WARNING: NO SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL SIGNATURES

See the FAQ at http://www.clamav.net/faq.html for an explanation.

Downloading main.cvd [*]

main.cvd updated (version: 30, sigs: 31086, f-level: 4, builder: tkojm)

Downloading daily.cvd [*]

daily.cvd updated (version: 845, sigs: 2207, f-level: 4, builder: ccordes)

Database updated (33293 signatures) from database.clamav.net (IP: 213.219.245.4)

d. Display the log file:

# cat freshclam.log

--------------------------------------

ClamAV update process started at Thu Apr 21 14:59:56 2005

SECURITY WARNING: NO SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL SIGNATURES

See the FAQ at http://www.clamav.net/faq.html for an explanation.

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