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When the utility is started without command line options, error messages,
warnings, and messages about successfully completed operations are displayed.
A.4.7. sfmonitoring
The sfmonitoring utility monitors the state of Kaspersky Anti-Spam components.
If any errors are found, it outputs the corresponding information to the console.
Startup line:
su –m mailflt3 -c '/usr/local/ap-mailfilter3/control/bin/
sfmonitoring [-p] [-m] [-q] [-h]'
If Kaspersky Anti-Spam is installed on a server running RedHat, enter the
following in the command line to start the sfmonitoring utility:
su – –m mailflt3 -c '/usr/local/ap-mailfilter3/control/bin/
sfmonitoring [-p] [-m] [-q] [-h]'
Command line options:
• –p – checks the system status and outputs messages about Kaspersky
Anti-Spam errors to the console.
• –m – checks the system status and sends a daily report on Kaspersky
Anti-Spam error by email.
• –q – enables “silent” mode, when only error messages and warnings are
output to the screen.
• –h – outputs to the console information about the utility.
When started without the above listed options, the utility checks the current state
of the system and, if new errors are detected, it sends an email message with
warnings about the detected errors.
A.4.8. sfupdates
The sfupdates utility downloads updates for content filtering bases and installs
these updates to be used with the filtering server.
Startup line:
# /usr/local/ap-mailfilter3/bin/sfupdates
[-c <configuration_file>] [-f] [-k <kas-conf_script>] [-s]
[-q] [-v] [-d] [-V <details_level>] [-l]
[-L < details_level >] [-h]
Command line options:
• –c <configuration_file> – redefines the path to the filter.conf
configuration file. If filter.conf is located in a directory other than the