Configuration
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Avira AntiVir MailGate
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5.1
MailGate Spool Directories
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
MailGate Configuration in avmailgate.conf
– Page 28).
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
