Milter Mode
Avira GmbH
Avira AntiVir MailGate
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Directly modify sendmail.cf
X
Insert the following two lines in the configuration file
sendmail.cf
:
Xavmilter, S=inet:3333@localhost, F=R,
T=S:2m;R:2m;E:10m
O InputMailFilters=avmilter
Value meaning
z
F: determines what should happen if the filter is not available:
– T: emails are temporarily not accepted (error 4XX)
– R: emails are rejected (error 5XX)
z
T: sets the following timeouts:
– C: timeout to set up the connection to filter
– S: timeout while sending information to filter
– R: timeout while reading an answer from filter
– E: timeout between sending the "End of message" and the response from the
filter
Generate sendmail.cf
X
Insert the corresponding lines in the file
sendmail.mc
(commands beginning with
INPUT
must be written in one line):
for sendmail 8.11.x:
define(`_FFR_MILTER
’
, `true
’
)
INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`avmilter
’
,`S=inet:3333@localhost,
F=R, T=S:2m;R:2m;E:10m
’
)
for sendmail 8.12.x:
INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`avmilter
’
,`S=inet:3333@localhost,
F=R, T=S:2m;R:2m;E:10m
’
)
X
Generate the file
sendmail.cf
Example:
m4 sendmail.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
Change these values if the log displays this notification:
"Milter (avmilter): timeout before data read"
