
Milter mode
Avira GmbH Avira AntiVir MailGate 10
3 Milter mode
3.1 Overview
To start Avira AntiVir MailGate in milter mode, the following syntax is required
(after installation of MailGate) for the ListenAddress option in
avmailgate.conf:
inet:port@{hostname|ip-address}
Example: inet:3333@localhost
- or -
{unix|local}:/path/to/file
Example:
unix:/path/to/file
local:/path/to/file
3.2 Functions of Avira AntiVir MailGate (Milter mode)
Avira AntiVir MailGate (Milter mode) is a plug-in for Sendmail available from
Version 8.11, which communicates via the Sendmail libmilter interface.
The module scans all incoming and outgoing emails. Infected emails are
not forwarded. A status report is displayed in
syslog. The sender, recipient
and administrator can be notified of an infection.
Functions
Most of the following functions also apply to Avira AntiVir MailGate when it is not
running in milter mode.
• All Sendmail functions are still available (e.g. SMTP authentication,
Anti-relaying and Anti-spam)
• Simple installation and integration into Sendmail
• Hourly or daily Internet updates for MailGate, Scanner, VDF and Engine
• Scanning incoming and outgoing emails
• Reliable real-time detection of viruses and malware.
• Configurable reactions to detected viruses or malware
• Isolation of infected or suspicious files in a quarantine directory
• Log file as log for email traffic
• Immediate activation of a new VDF
• Heuristic detection of macroviruses
• Configurable alert templates
• Archive scanning
3.3 Integration of Avira AntiVir MailGate (Milter mode) in Sendmail
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