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authorStef Walter <stef@memberwebs.com>2004-09-04 17:32:15 +0000
committerStef Walter <stef@memberwebs.com>2004-09-04 17:32:15 +0000
commitf4dfda197ba08bcec02c885a135b760b8b629662 (patch)
treec6b499a8a71c817ae97fc7dba7bcafa9c39fcf09
parent5814dc0933881ccff8cc7c6744ae1054efc6c90a (diff)
Documentation for TransparentProxy
-rw-r--r--doc/clamsmtpd.823
-rw-r--r--doc/clamsmtpd.conf9
-rw-r--r--doc/clamsmtpd.conf.57
3 files changed, 36 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/clamsmtpd.8 b/doc/clamsmtpd.8
index 2317b59..b25f082 100644
--- a/doc/clamsmtpd.8
+++ b/doc/clamsmtpd.8
@@ -114,6 +114,29 @@ Make sure the
.Ar MaxConnections
setting is set high enough to handle the mail from all the servers without refusing
connections.
+.Sh TRANSPARENT PROXY FEATURE
+A transparent proxy is a configuration on a gateway that routes certain types of
+traffic through a proxy server without any changes on the client computers.
+.Nm
+has support for transparent proxying of SMTP traffic by enabling the
+.Ar TransparentProxy
+setting. This type of setup usually involves firewall rules which redirect traffic to
+.Nm
+and the setup varies from OS to OS. The SMTP traffic will be forwarded to it's
+original destination after being scanned.
+.Pp
+When doing transparent proxying for outgoing email it's probably a good idea to
+turn on bounce notifications using the
+.Ar Bounce
+setting. Also note that some features (such as SSL/TLS) will not be available
+when going through the transparent proxy.
+.Pp
+Make sure that the
+.Ar MaxConnections
+setting is set high enough for your transparent proxying. Because
+.Nm
+is not being used as a filter inside a queue, which usually throttles the amount
+of email going through, this setting may need to be higher than usual.
.Sh SECURITY
There's no reason to run this daemon as root. It is meant as a filter and should
listen on a high TCP port. It's probably a good idea to run it using the same
diff --git a/doc/clamsmtpd.conf b/doc/clamsmtpd.conf
index 18ff33a..b450091 100644
--- a/doc/clamsmtpd.conf
+++ b/doc/clamsmtpd.conf
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@
# - All the options are found below with their defaults commented out
-# The address to send scanned mail to. Required
+# The address to send scanned mail to.
+# This option is required unless TransparentProxy is enabled
OutAddress: 10026
-# The maximum number of connection allowed at once
+# The maximum number of connection allowed at once.
+# Be sure that clamd can also handle this many connections
#MaxConnections: 64
# Amount of time (in seconds) to wait on network IO
@@ -35,4 +37,5 @@ OutAddress: 10026
# Whether or not to keep virus files
#Quarantine: off
-
+# Enable transparent proxy support
+#TransparentProxy: off
diff --git a/doc/clamsmtpd.conf.5 b/doc/clamsmtpd.conf.5
index 7d698af..c61a0fc 100644
--- a/doc/clamsmtpd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/clamsmtpd.conf.5
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ character or number):
[ Default: off ]
.It Ar MaxConnections
Specifies the maximum number of connections to accept at once.
+.Xr clamd 8
+also needs to be setup to accept at least this number of connections.
[ Default: 64 ]
.It Ar ScanHeader
A header to add to scanned messages. Put an empty value to supress adding
@@ -116,6 +118,11 @@ and
.It Ar TimeOut
The number of seconds to wait while reading data from network connections.
[ Default: 180 seconds ]
+.It Ar TransparentProxy
+This option enables transparent proxy support, which allows you to route all
+SMTP traffic that's going through a gateway through clamsmtp which will then
+send it on to its final destination. This setup usually involves firewall
+rules which redirect traffic to clamsmtp, and the setup varies from OS to OS.
.El
.Sh ADDRESSES
Addresses can be specified in multiple formats: