Installation
Avira GmbH
Avira AntiVir MailGate
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X
Make the changes you need during installation procedure.
AntiVir MailGate is installed with the required settings.
Uninstalling AntiVir
You can use the
uninstall
script, located in the temporary AntiVir directory, to
remove Avira AntiVir MailGate. The syntax is:
uninstall [--product=productname] [--no-interactive]
[--force] [--version] [--help]
where
productname
is
Mailgate
.
X
Open the AntiVir directory:
cd /usr/lib/AntiVir
X
Type:
./uninstall --product=Mailgate
The script starts uninstalling the product, asking you step by step, if you want
to keep backups for the license file, for the configuration files and logfiles; it
can also remove the cronjobs you made for MailGate and Scanner.
X
Answer the questions with
y
or
n
and press
Enter
.
Avira AntiVir MailGate is removed from your system.
4.5
Further Installation Steps, Depending on the MTA
After installing AntiVir MailGate as described above, you have to make some
manual settings, depending on your MTA.
The following part describes Sendmail, Exim, Qmail and Postfix specifics.
Configuring Sendmail
If you are working with Sendmail, we recommend that you use AntiVir MailGate in
Milter mode (see Chapter
Milter Mode
– Page 11). It guarantees full SMTP functionality
in Sendmail (such as SMTP authentication).
Configuring Exim
AntiVir MailGate runs with Exim version 3.0 or newer.
X
To detect your Exim version use the command:
exim -bV
There are two ways of integrating AntiVir MailGate with Exim:
z
Integrate AntiVir MailGate as a content filter in Exim (recommended)
