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FILTER-CLAMAV(8) System Manager's Manual FILTER-CLAMAV(8)

NAME

filter-clamav
smtpd filter for Clam AntiVirus clamd

SYNOPSIS

filter-clamav

DESCRIPTION

filter-clamav is a filter for smtpd(8) which can be used to filter mails based on the decision from Clam AntiVirus's clamd(8) daemon. Mails are piped to the daemon, which scans the mail for viruses.
Mails which contain a virus are rejected with a SMTP 554 reply. Non-virus mails are accepted.

CLAM ANTIVIRUS CONFIGURATION

filter-clamav expects that Clam AntiVirus's clamd(1) to listen on 127.0.0.1 port 3310 for incoming requests. This requires to uncomment the TCPAddr and TCPSocket option in the default configuration of the daemon.

SEE ALSO

filter_api(3), smtpd.conf(5), smtpd(8), clamd(8)

HISTORY

The first version of filter-clamav was written in 2015.

AUTHORS

Joerg Jung <jung@openbsd.org>
May 15, 2015 Debian