MailScanner and ClamAV...setup Q

Mike Kercher mike at CAMAROSS.NET
Thu Mar 18 03:18:55 GMT 2004


Make sure you have a MailScanner.conf and *not* mailscanner.conf  The latter
would indicate a MUCH older version of MS which didn't support ClamAV at the
time.

Mike


> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list
> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Jason Williams
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 8:01 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: MailScanner and ClamAV...setup Q
>
> Evening everyone.
>
> Ok. I setup a system a couple of days ago during my testing.
> I was able to get MS up and running successfully and then
> added ClamAV with success. That box then died so im in the
> process of creating a new one.
>
> One thing im stuck on and I can't seem to remember for the
> life of me where I read this, but when you are setting up
> ClamAV to work with MS, you need to edit mailscanner.conf and
> change the lines:
>
> Incoming Work User =
> Incoming Work Group =
>
> The user should be clamav, but aren't you supposed to set
> some permissions on the directories as well?
>
> I've searched through the FAQ, the docs and I can't seem to find it.
>
> Could I trouble someone to point me to the location where I
> read it? I think im loosing my mind today.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jason
>



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