How to install and configure ClamAV for Qmail

[qualispace]

Hello,
I want to know the procedure for installing ClamAV and configuring it with Qmail so that all the incoming and outgoing emails get scanned for viruses. I have tried http://www.hostbird.com/index.php?mi=open-source-antivir1&ri=open-source-antivir1

But the problem is that sometimes it runs and sometimes it does not. If anybody has a better way to do so, kindly let me know.

Regards
Nitesh N
QualiSpace

 

[jwdick]

Here's what I did on Plesk 7.5.4:

I uninstalled psa-spamassassin

#rpm -e psa-spamassassin

I uninstalled spamassassin

#rpm -e spamassassin

Then installed ART's Clam AV, Spamassassin and qmail-scanner.

#yum install clamav spamassassion qmail-scanner

Stop spamassassin, run the configurator, restart spamassassin

#service spamassassin stop
#/usr/bin/qmail-scanner-reconfigure
#service spamassassin start


Then from the Updater in the control panel install
spamassassin support and make sure that only the
psa-spamassassin service is running.
It should call the proper spamd daemon.
I had problems with this as it started the spamc daemon which
blocked all email from coming in, but a simple reboot corrected this.


The mchk utility should restore the spam settings for each mailbox.by running the command

#/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/mchk --with-spam (although this didn't work for me either.)

 

[jwdick]

Two lines were left out of the instructions above. If you have not already removed Dr.Web do so first with the following:

rpm -e drweb
rpm -e drweb-qmail

Also, if you have already upgraded your spamassassin and installed qmail-scanner, you do not need to reinstall those. Just install clamav using ART's and yum.

 

[luribe]

I did the same on Plesk 7.5.4 and didn't work for me.

So i reinstall psa-spamassassin and spamassassin from plesk updater. Install clamav and qmail-scanner from ART's, reconfigure qmail-scanner and it works.

Originally posted by jwdick
Here's what I did on Plesk 7.5.4:
I uninstalled psa-spamassassin
#rpm -e psa-spamassassin
I uninstalled spamassassin
#rpm -e spamassassin
Then installed ART's Clam AV, Spamassassin and qmail-scanner.
#yum install clamav spamassassion qmail-scanner
Stop spamassassin, run the configurator, restart spamassassin
#service spamassassin stop
#/usr/bin/qmail-scanner-reconfigure
#service spamassassin start

Then from the Updater in the control panel install spamassassin support and make sure that only the psa-spamassassin service is running.
It should call the proper spamd daemon.
I had problems with this as it started the spamc daemon which
blocked all email from coming in, but a simple reboot corrected this.

The mchk utility should restore the spam settings for each mailbox.by running the command
#/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/mchk --with-spam (although this didn't work for me either.)