Avira antivir mailgate suite User Manual

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Milter Mode
Avira GmbH
Avira AntiVir MailGate
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3
Milter  Mode
3.1
Overview
AntiVir Milter has been a stand-alone product up to now. The product has been available 
only for Sendmail, using the Sendmail Milter interface. Now, the Milter functionality is 
integrated in MailGate.
In order to start MailGate in Milter mode, the option 
ListenAddress in 
avmailgate.conf
 requires the following syntax (after installing MailGate):
inet:port@{hostname|ip-address}
Example: inet:3333@localhost
–  OR –
{unix|local}:/path/to/file
Example
:
 unix:/path/to/file
 local:/path/to/file
If necessary, the 
ForwardTo entry has to be set to the Sendmail binary. If the 
default value is correct, the option has to remain unchanged:
ForwardTo /usr/lib/sendmail -oem -oi
AntiVir MailGate will no longer use the 
avmilter.*
 files for Milter mode. They have 
to be renamed 
avmailgate.*
Example
: mv /etc/avmilter.warn /etc/avmailgate.warn
To migrate from an older Milter installation to the current AntiVir MailGate 
(Milter mode), the file 
MILTER_MIGRATION
 must be used. It is located in the 
/doc
 
directory of the product kit.
It is recommended to adjust the file 
avmailgate.conf
 instead of renaming the file 
avmilter.conf