Milter Mode
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Avira AntiVir MailGate
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3.2
AntiVir MailGate (Milter Mode) Features
AntiVir MailGate (Milter mode) is a plug-in for Sendmail, starting with version
8.11, and communicates through Sendmail’s libmilter interface.
It scans all incoming and outgoing emails. Infected emails are not forwarded. A
status notification is shown in
syslog
. It can notify senders, recipients and
administrators of infections.
Functions
Most of these features also apply to MailGate, even when it is not running in Milter
mode.
•
All Sendmail features remain available.
Example: SMTP authentication, anti-relaying and anti-spam
•
Simple installation and integration in Sendmail
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Hourly or daily Internet update for scan engine and VDF
•
Scanning of incoming and outgoing emails
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Reliable on-access detection of viruses and malware
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Configurable reaction when viruses or malware are detected
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Isolation of infected or suspicious files in a quarantine directory
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Logfile used as email traffic log
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Immediate activation of new VDF
•
Heuristic macrovirus detection
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Configurable templates for alerts
•
Archive scanning
3.3
AntiVir MailGate (Milter Mode) Integration in Sendmail
3.3.1 Requirements
Sendmail version 8.11 or newer with libmilter interface is required.
Otherwise:
X
Read the
README
file in
libmilter
directory of the Sendmail kit
(
http://www.sendmail.org
).
X
Compile the new version of Sendmail with libmilter interface.
To check, if Sendmail with libmilter interface has been compiled:
sendmail -d0.10 < /dev/null | grep MILTER
3.3.2 Integration
There are two ways of adding AntiVir MailGate (Milter mode) to Sendmail’s
configuration file
sendmail.cf
:
z
Directly modify
sendmail.cf
– OR –
z
generate
sendmail.cf
