User Guide

Using the application 31
that of Kaspersky Lab’s update servers. This is a complicated task that deserves
a detailed explanation.
Task
: create a shared local directory, from which the local computers
will update their anti-virus databases.
Solution
: to accomplish the task, log in as the root (or any other
privileged user) and do the following:
1. Create a local directory.
2. Run the keepup2date component as follows:
# keepup2date –u <rdir>
where <rdir> is the full path to the directory created.
3. Provide reading access to that directory for local computers on your
network.
4.2. Anti-virus protection of email
traffic
Anti-virus protection of mail traffic is the main task of Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway.
The application is used to guard users against infected messages, and to deliver
only clean or disinfected messages, along with information on scanning results
for every message.
Additional filtration of messages by names and attachment types decreases the
load on the server when scanning email traffic for viruses. This represents only a
part of the application’s functionality. There is an extended discussion of the
application’s functionality below, in the sections describing specific protection
tasks.
All smtpgw settings are located in the [smtpgw.*] sections of the
application configuration file.
4.2.1. Creating groups of
recipients/senders
Recipients/Senders group is defined as pairs of recipient/sender email
addresses. A particular email message may be assigned to a particular group