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author | Stef Walter <stef@memberwebs.com> | 2004-07-21 20:14:06 +0000 |
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committer | Stef Walter <stef@memberwebs.com> | 2004-07-21 20:14:06 +0000 |
commit | f8f3669040043a6a681fe9711cf83204f6046c2f (patch) | |
tree | d0e03c5f857c43b8d8eed9a4e18e58890d91bf48 /src/clamsmtpd.8 | |
parent | b0b5f1e0fb508d29e94fdba8e2965905c800b450 (diff) |
- Added quarantine feature
- Clarified documentation
- New version
Diffstat (limited to 'src/clamsmtpd.8')
-rw-r--r-- | src/clamsmtpd.8 | 21 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/clamsmtpd.8 b/src/clamsmtpd.8 index 3ded807..9594624 100644 --- a/src/clamsmtpd.8 +++ b/src/clamsmtpd.8 @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ .Nd an SMTP server for scanning viruses via clamd .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm +.Op Fl bq .Op Fl c Ar clamaddr .Op Fl d Ar level .Op Fl D Ar tmpdir @@ -58,8 +59,8 @@ is an SMTP filter that allows you to check for viruses using the ClamAV anti-virus software. It accepts SMTP connections and forwards the SMTP commands and responses to another SMTP server. .Pp -The DATA email body is intercepted and scanned before forwarding. Email with -viruses are rejected and logged without any additional action taken. +The DATA email body is intercepted and scanned before forwarding. By default email +with viruses are dropped silently and logged without any additional action taken. .Pp .Nm aims to be lightweight and simple rather than have a myriad of options. Your @@ -125,6 +126,12 @@ to write a file with the daemon's process id, which can be used to stop the daemon. .Ar pidfile is the location of the file. +.It Fl q +Quarantine files that contain viruses by leaving them in the +.Ar tmpdir +directory. The file names look like this (where X is a random +character or number): +.Pa virus.XXXXXX .It Fl t .Ar timeout is the number of seconds to wait while reading data from network connections. @@ -145,12 +152,14 @@ option. In some cases it's advantagous to consolidate the virus scanning and filtering for several mail servers on one machine. .Nm -allows this by providing a loopback feature to connect back to the IP that a -SMTP connection comes from. If only a port is specified for the +allows this by providing a loopback feature to connect back to the IP that an +SMTP connection comes in from. +.Pp +To use this feature specify only a port number (no IP address) for the .Ar serveraddr -(without IP) then +in which case .Nm -passes the email to the incoming peer's IP address on the said port. +will pass the email back to the said port on the incoming IP address. .Pp Make sure the .Ar maxconn |