AVIRA ANTIVIR UNIX MAILGATE, User Manual

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Operation
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AntiVir MailGate Avira GmbH
You can control the outcome with the following parameters after
--avq
(the Help
provides more parameters, which you can call with
--avq --help
).
Deleting emails from queue
Deleting emails from the queue is important in the event of infected emails. Forwarded
emails are automatically deleted from the queue.
You have to delete the emails from the rejected queue manually.
To delete denied emails immediately, you can use the option
ExternalProgram
in
avmailgate.conf . For example:
/usr/lib/AntiVir/rm_rejected.sh
rm_rejected.sh:
#!/bin/sh
/usr/lib/AntiVir/avmailgate.bin --avq --remove=$1
X
Find out the ID of the email. AntiVir MailGate indicates the ID of the email in
its logs and in the email sent to the postmaster.
X
Type the command (where ID is the ID of the infected email):
/usr/lib/AntiVir/avmailgate.bin --avq --remove=ID
The email is deleted from the queue.
You can apply the following parameters to the outcome:
Parameter Description
--queue=incoming Shows the emails in the incoming queue
--queue=outgoing Shows the emails in the outgoing queue
--list=all Shows all queues
You can use the following parameters when deleting:
Parameter Description
--remove=26158-2212B237 Deletes the email with the given ID.
--remove=all Deletes all emails. Before deleting, an alert appears to confirm
the action.
--flush Immediately empties the incoming and outgoing queue.