AVIRA ANTIVIR UNIX MAILGATE, User Manual

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Configuration
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AntiVir MailGate Avira GmbH
6.1 MailGate Actions when Detecting Viruses/ Unwanted Programs
AntiVir MailGate isolates infected emails in "quarantine". Depending on the
configuration, a message about the detection of a virus/unwanted program is sent
to postmaster and/or the sender and/or recipient of the email. These parameters
can be set in the file
avmailgate.conf
(see Configuring avmailgate.conf – Page 53).
Spool
directories
The spool directory (default:
/var/spool/avmailgate/
) contains three sub-
directories:
z incoming : incoming emails that must be scanned.
z outgoing : scanned emails that can be forwarded.
z rejected
: emails containing a virus/unwanted program, or classified as
problematic due to a MIME error, for example.
Spool files In these directories, each email is represented by two files:
z data file
z control file
The name of the data file begins with df- and contains an ID (for example 32557-
0BE692EB). The control file has the same ID, but according to its status its name
begins with:
z xf-
: control file has just been processed;
z qf- : the email is to be subjected to a virus scan;
z Qf- : the email is to be forwarded without scanning;
z vf-
: the email contains a virus/unwanted program;
z mf-
: the email has a MIME problem.
Example z Data file: df-32557-0BE692EB
z Corresponding control file: qf-32557-0BE692EB