User Guide

CHAPTER 4. USING THE
APPLICATION
Using Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway, you can build a comprehensive anti-virus
protection system for email messages transferred through the mail server of your
organization.
The anti-virus protection system is based on the performance of tasks that
represent major functionality of the application.
The tasks implemented by Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway may be divided into three
major groups:
1. Updates of the databases used for anti-virus scanning and
disinfection of objects.
2. Anti-virus protection of email traffic.
Each of the above groups includes more specific tasks. In this chapter, we will
discuss the most typical tasks that the administrator can combine and enhance
depending on the needs of his/her organization.
This guide contains a description of how to locally configure and start tasks from
the command line. Issues related to starting and managing tasks from remote
computers using the Webmin application are not discussed in this document.
In all examples below, it is assumed that the administrator has
completed all required post-installation tasks and the application
operates correctly.
4.1. Updating the anti-virus
databases
Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway uses the anti-virus databases during scanning of
email traffic and disinfection of infected objects; they contain descriptions of all
currently known viruses and the methods of disinfection for objects affected by
those viruses.
The keepup2date component is included into Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway to
provide for software updates. The updates are retrieved from the update servers
of Kaspersky Lab, e.g.:
http://downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com/
http://downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com/