Installation
Avira GmbH
Avira AntiVir MailGate
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Installation
You can find the current version of AntiVir MailGate on
Avira website
. AntiVir is
supplied as a packed archive. You can install the program on your system using the
install
script.
Requirements
You have to be logged in as
root
in order to install AntiVir MailGate. You also need
an MTA (Sendmail, Postfix, Exim, Qmail etc.) available on your system. We cannot
provide support for problems that do not directly concern AntiVir MailGate.
This section describes an example installation of a standard Sendmail
configuration on a SuSE distribution. If you want to integrate the program with
another MTA or, for example, with Lotus Domino, you can find further
information in the related files (
INSTALL.sendmail
,
INSTALL.exim
,
INSTALL.qmail
,
INSTALL.postfix
etc.).
This Chapter contains the following sections:
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Preparing the Installation Files
– Page 15
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Licensing
– Page 15
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Installation with the Installation Script "install"
– Page 16
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Reinstalling and Uninstalling AntiVir
– Page 19
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Further Installation Steps, Depending on the MTA
– Page 20
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Testing AntiVir MailGate after Installation
– Page 25
If you have also installed Avira AntiVir Server (UNIX) or Avira AntiVir Professional
(UNIX) and you use the Graphical User Interface to configure and operate these products,
please note that the GUI is not compatible with the current versions (starting with
version 3) of Avira AntiVir MailGate and Avira AntiVir WebGate.