
Installation
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Reinstalling Avira AntiVir MailGate
The procedure is the same in all cases:
Change the temporary directory in which you extracted Avira AntiVir MailGate,
for example:
cd /tmp/antivir-mailgate-prof-<version>/
Enter:
./install
The installation script starts as described for the initial installation
(Installing Avira AntiVir MailGate – Page15).
Change the relevant settings during installation.
Avira AntiVir MailGate is installed with the new settings.
Uninstalling Avira AntiVir MailGate
If you want to uninstall Avira AntiVir MailGate, you can use the uninstall script.
It is available in the installation directory.
Change the directory in which you have installed Avira AntiVir MailGate:
cd /usr/lib/AntiVir/mailgate
Enter:
./uninstall --product=Mailgate
The script uninstalls the product. It asks whether you want to keep a copy
of the license file, if you want to backup the configuration files and log files;
it can also delete the cron jobs for updating MailGate or Scanner.
Answer by entering y or n and confirm by pressing Enter.
Avira AntiVir MailGate is uninstalled.
4.5 Other installation steps depending on the MTA
After the installation of Avira AntiVir MailGate described above, you must define
some settings manually, depending on which MTA you are using.
The following section describes the features specific to Sendmail, Exim,
Qmail and Postfix.
Configuring Sendmail
If you are working with Sendmail, it is recommended that you use Avira AntiVir
MailGate in milter mode (see Chapter Milter mode – Page10). This mode ensures
full SMTP functionality in Sendmail(e.g. SMTP authentication).
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