.TH "clamav-milter" "8" "December 7, 2003" "" "Clam AntiVirus"

 .SH "NAME"
 .LP 
 clamav\-milter \- milter compatible mail scanner
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 .LP 
 clamav\-milter [options] socket_address
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .LP 
 clamav\-milter is a filter for sendmail mail server. It uses a mail scanning engine built into clamd.
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 .LP 
 
 .TP 
 \fB\-h, \-\-help\fR
 Output the help information and exit.
 .TP 
 \fB\-V, \-\-version\fR
 Print the version number and exit.
 .TP 
 \fB\-c FILE, \-\-config\-file=FILE\fR
 By default clamav\-milter uses a default configuration file, this option allows you to specify another one.
 .TP 
 \fB\-x n, \-\-debug\-level=n\fR
 Set the debug level to n (where n from [0..9]).
 .TP 
 \fB\-b, \-\-bounce\fR
 Send a failure message to the sender, and to the postmaster.
 [ \fBWarning\fR: most viruses and worms
 fake their source address, so this option is not recommended ]
 .TP
 \fB-d, \-\-dont-scan-on-error\fR
 If a system error occurs pass messages through unscanned,
 usually when a system error occurs the milter raises a temporary failure which
 generally causes the message to remain in the queue.
 .TP
 \fB-f, \-\-force-scan\fR
 Always scan, whereever the address came from.
 .TP 
 \fB-l, \-\-local\fR
 Also scan messages sent from LAN.
 .TP
 \fB-n, \-\-noxheader\fR
 Usually clamav\-milter adds a heading to messages that are scanned.
 The header is of the form "X-Virus-Scanned: version", this option instructs
 clamav\-milter to refrain from adding this heading.
 .TP 
 \fB-o, \-\-outgoing\fR
 Scan outgoing messages from this machine.
 .TP
 \fB-p, \-\-postmaster=EMAILADDRESS\fR
 Sets the e-mail address to send notifications to when the \-\-bounce or
 \-\-postmaster-only option is given [ Default: postmaster ]
 .TP
 \fB-P, \-\-postmaster-only\fR
 When the \-\-bounce option is given, only send a notification to the postmaster,
 not the sender.
 .TP
 \fB-q, \-\-quiet\fR
 Don't send any warning messages when a virus or worm or is detected.
 This option overrides the \-\-bounce and \-\-postmaster-only options, and is
 the way to turn off notification to the postmaster.
 .TP

 \fB-Q, \-\-quarantine=EMAILADDRESS\fR

 If this e-mail address is given, messages containing a virus or worm are
 redirected to it.

 .TP
 \fB-U, \-\-quarantine-dir=DIR\fR
 If this option is given, infected files are left in this directory.
 Note - this option only works when using LocalSocket.

 .TP 
 \fB\-\-server=ADDRESS, \-s ADDRESS\fR
 IP address of server running clamd (when using TCPsocket).

 .TP
 \fB\-\-sign, \-S\fR
 Add a signature to each scanned file.

 .TP 
 \fB\-\-max\-children=n, \-m n\fR
 Maximum number of children.

 There is no default, if this argument is not \fBclamav\-milter\fR will
 spawn as many children as is necessary.

 .SH "EXAMPLES"
 .LP 
 clamav\-milter \-\-max\-children=2 \-obl local:/var/run/clmilter.sock
 .SH "AUTHOR"
 .LP 
 clamav\-milter was written by Nigel Horne <njh@bandsman.co.uk>, the manual page was created by Tomasz Kojm <zolw@konarski.edu.pl>.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .LP 
 clamd(8), clamscan(1), freshclam(1), sigtool(1), clamav.conf(5)