I sent this email to the Rehdat list, but I thought the Centos users might be more inclined to have the command-line solution I am looking for, so I thought I would post it here too: I would like to add anti-virus to my email server. Currently I have Postfix, Dovecot, PHP, and Squirrelmail installed. The users only use Squirrelmail to access mail. I am looking for command-line instructions, since I have limited access to the server itself (I am using SSH). ClamAV seems to be most common linux AV package, so I assume I should be using that. I'm not sure if I should be using Amavisd or MailScanner, or neither. I believe I need one of them to act as the glue that connects Postfix to ClamAV. Apparently none of these packages (Amavisd/MailScanner/ClamAV) are part of RHEL5, so I have to get the RPMS from somewhere else. Is there some standard way of adding AV to Postfix?
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009, Xn Nooby wrote:>I sent this email to the Rehdat list, but I thought the Centos users >might be more inclined to have the command-line solution I am looking >for, so I thought I would post it here too: > >I would like to add anti-virus to my email server. Currently I have >Postfix, Dovecot, PHP, and Squirrelmail installed. The users only use >Squirrelmail to access mail. I am looking for command-line >instructions, since I have limited access to the server itself (I am >using SSH). ClamAV seems to be most common linux AV package, so I >assume I should be using that. > >I'm not sure if I should be using Amavisd or MailScanner, or neither. >I believe I need one of them to act as the glue that connects Postfix >to ClamAV. Apparently none of these packages >(Amavisd/MailScanner/ClamAV) are part of RHEL5, so I have to get the >RPMS from somewhere else.We use amavisd-new with clamav.>Is there some standard way of adding AV to Postfix?This is well documented at http://www.postfix.org/ Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 "The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed the subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that the supply of arms to the underdogs is a sine qua non for the overthrow of any sovereignty." -- Adolf Hitler (H.R. Trevor-Roper, Hitler's Table Talks 1941-1944)
On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 13:37 -0400, Xn Nooby wrote:> I sent this email to the Rehdat list, but I thought the Centos users > might be more inclined to have the command-line solution I am looking > for, so I thought I would post it here too: > > I would like to add anti-virus to my email server. Currently I have > Postfix, Dovecot, PHP, and Squirrelmail installed. The users only use > Squirrelmail to access mail. I am looking for command-line > instructions, since I have limited access to the server itself (I am > using SSH). ClamAV seems to be most common linux AV package, so I > assume I should be using that. > > I'm not sure if I should be using Amavisd or MailScanner, or neither. > I believe I need one of them to act as the glue that connects Postfix > to ClamAV. Apparently none of these packages > (Amavisd/MailScanner/ClamAV) are part of RHEL5, so I have to get the > RPMS from somewhere else. > > Is there some standard way of adding AV to Postfix?---- clearly the best way is to add a wrapper program like amavisd-new or MailScanner which handles spamassassin and which ever combination of anti-virus programs you use. The postfix list and primary author, Wietse will tell you flat out not to use MailScanner (there's something personal between Wietse and Julian, the author of MailScanner) but I found amavisd-new to be a PITA and just love MailScanner myself and have never had issues with integrating MailScanner into Postfix mail queue. rpmforge has clamav/clamdb packages. MailScanner is available from http://www.mailscanner.info Craig
Xn Nooby wrote:> I sent this email to the Rehdat list, but I thought the Centos users > might be more inclined to have the command-line solution I am looking > for, so I thought I would post it here too: > > I would like to add anti-virus to my email server. Currently I have > Postfix, Dovecot, PHP, and Squirrelmail installed. The users only use > Squirrelmail to access mail. I am looking for command-line > instructions, since I have limited access to the server itself (I am > using SSH). ClamAV seems to be most common linux AV package, so I > assume I should be using that. > > I'm not sure if I should be using Amavisd or MailScanner, or neither. > I believe I need one of them to act as the glue that connects Postfix > to ClamAV. Apparently none of these packages > (Amavisd/MailScanner/ClamAV) are part of RHEL5, so I have to get the > RPMS from somewhere else. > > Is there some standard way of adding AV to Postfix?ClamAV with Amavisd for Postfix is documented on the Wiki: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Amavisd