[K12OSN] K12LTSP, ClamAV & Evolution

[Paul Davison]

Hi Michael,

I am guessing that what you are trying to do is use Evolution for each 
client to gather their mail directly from your ISP's POP server.  The 
typical set up for Amavis  or any other filter (Procmail, Spamassassin 
et al) is to filter the mail as it passes through your Mail Transfer 
Agent (MTA) something like sendmail or postfix. If Evolution is 
connecting directly to the ISP, then you are bypassing the step that 
would do the virus checking. If you are planning to continue using the 
ISP to hold your incoming mail, there is one method which should work 
for you.

	-set up Amavis-ng and Clamav to virus check mail coming through your 
k12LTSP server's sendmail daemon.
	-set up the POP3/IMAP server on your K12LTSP server
	-set up your evolution clients to collect thier mail from the local 
machine (K12LTSP server)using POP or IMAP
	- ensure your firewall allows your clients to connect to the K12LTSP 
server for POP, IMAP and SMTP
	-use Fetchmail to collect the email for each account from the ISP. 
(Fetchmails default action is to gather the email from the ISP and 
deliver it to your sendmail daemon for processing)

Hope that helps
Paul Davison

Michael Elliott wrote:

> Hello everybody!
> 
> I have spent the past couple of days trying to get ClamAV and Amavis-ng 
> scanning email from Ximian Evolution.    I have went to testvirus.org 
> and sent sample email messages to an account of the K12LTSP.  
> Unfortunately, they are getting through.  Also I can save the 
> attachment, then when I run clamscan it picks up that the file is the 
> eicar test.
> 
> Our K12LTSP box is connected to our LAN with a direct connection to our 
> router.  I am using K12LTSP Client with Evolution with the POP3/IMAP 
> settings from our ISP.
> Can you tell me first if what I am trying to do with ClamAV and 
> Amavis-ng is possible?  If not, are there any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
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