Running clamav under daemontools. I have been running ClamAV under daemontools on my server for several months now, with excellent results.
This web page explains how I'm doing it. Create the clamav user The "clamd" and "freshclam" programs are designed to run in the background. For security reasons, we don't want these processes to run as root, so we will create a new userid called "clamav" under which these processes will run. The procedure for doing this is usually specific to your OS and distribution, this example shows how to do it using CentOS Linux. # useradd -M -d /nohome clamav If you will be using clamav in conjunction with qmail-scanner, you may wish to make the clamav user a member of the qscand group. . # usermod -a -G qscand clamav If you will be using clamav in conjunction with simscan, you will need to make the clamav user a member of the simscan group. Running Courier-IMAP under daemontools. I use a package called Courier-IMAP on my servers to allow my users to access their mailboxes using the IMAP-SSL and POP3-SSL protocols.
I also use a system called daemontools to run most of the services on my servers, including the IMAP-SSL and POP3-SSL services of Courier-IMAP. When I set it up the first time, I couldn't find any directions on how to make the Courier-IMAP services run under daemontools, so I cobbled together my own scripts to make it happen. A recent post on the Courier-IMAP mailing list asks how to set this up. Because somebody asked on the mailing list, I'm assuming there is no other set of directions for this on the Internet yet, so I created this web page in the hope that others will find the information useful. Setting up the service directories Before you continue, make sure the daemontools "svscan" process is running, and that Courier-IMAP is installed. Choose a location where you want the physical service directories. Then create the actual service directories. Guide to Setting up a new Qmail Server on Fedora 13 or CentOS 5.5.
I have rechecked the guide and all is fine.
Maildrop version has updated to 2.5.5, Qmailscanner is now version 2.10, and Clamav is updated to 0.97.3. I have updated clamav on my system using my guide which works fine. Hope others find it useful 4th May 2011 I have used the Centos guide yet again (several times this year) and have modified the guide slightly - just a few very minor changes here and there. 6th July 2010 I have now updated the guide slightly for Centos which now uses the updated versions of dovecot and pcre as well as a few very minor changes in the process. 19th June. Qpsmtpd - A versatile qmail-smtp replacement.
| Home | Mailinglist | Download | License | qpsmtpd is a flexible smtpd daemon written in Perl.
Apart from the core SMTP features, all functionality is implemented in small "extension plugins" using the easy to use object oriented plugin API. qpsmtpd was originally written as a drop-in qmail-smtpd replacement, but now it also includes smtp forward, postfix, exim and maildir "backends". Articles and Documentation (Also: Wikipedia, Ohloh) Features Plugins Advanced but simple to use plugin system to easily install extra functionality and write local rules. MTA compatibility Drop-in replacement for qmail-smtpd Postfix protocol module EXIM-BSMTP SMTP queuing plugin to support any SMTP compliant backend Other "backends" are easily implemented with a queue plugin Anti-Spam Innovative spam fighting ideas can easily be implemented and tested with qpsmtpd plugins. Your Idea Here If you have just been occasionally dabbling in Perl you should be all set for writing a plugin.
Qmail + spamassassin + clamav reference guide. Qmailwiki. Qmail for Dummies. Howto install of Qmail/vpopmail/courier-imap... QMAIL + Vpopmail + courier-imap + Qmailadmin + MySql + Spamassassin + clamav + Squirrelmail + stats (Isoqlog, qms-analog, qmailanalog & qmail MRTG) under Linux 0.
Misc. informations : If you have any comment, idea (not support) ... Don't hesitate to contact me I can also provide help on the installation/maintenance on mail servers as a freelance. If you like this howto and you want to thank me for my work : here is my wishlist on Amazon - France or my Amazon US wishlist :) If you are a corporation and you make some business thanks to my howto, we'll love to have a present from you (or just tell me who is using my howto). I made this howto to sum up all the stuff necessary to install qmail with module in order to provide an SMTP, POP3, IMAP server providing web administration, monitoring, webmail with proxy, antivirus and spam killer.
This HOWTO should work without a lot of modifications on almost all Linux distributions or *BSD. 0. 1.2 Make directories for Logging and Special Modules .