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>