Integrating the AXIGEN Messaging Solution with Amavis

Operating systems
The integration was successfully tested on the following operating systems:

• Fedora Core 5
• Mandriva 2006
• Debian 3.1
• Ubuntu Server 6.06

Amavis
Amavisd-new version 2.4.2 must be used in this setup.

Antivirus products
One of the following antivirus products can be used:

• BitDefender
• Kaspersky Kav4Mailservers-linux
  

Note: Though tests were only performed with the products listed above, the integration should function with any of the antivirus products Amavis supports (Sophos, DrWeb, F-Secure, Symantec AV engine, F-PROT, Nod32, etc).

Setting-up Amavis

For the AXIGEN Mail Server and the desired antivirus product, please follow the installation procedure described in the user’s manual.

Dependencies
Amavisd-new requires the following software packages in order to run properly:

• PERL v5.8.2 or newer
• PERL modules:
  • Archive::Tar
  • Archive::Zip ver. 1.14 or newer
  • Compress::Zlib ver. 1.35 or newer
  • Convert::TNEF
  • Convert::UUlib ver. 1.05 or newer
  • MIME::Base64
  • MIME::Parser ver. 5.420 or newer
  • Mail::Internet ver. 1.58 or newer
  • Net::Server ver. 0.88 or newer
  • Net::SMTP ver.1.16 or newer
  • Digest::MD5 ver. 2.22 or newer
  • IO::Stringy
  • Time::HiRes ver. 1.49 or newer
  • Unix::Syslog
  • BerkeleyDB ver. 4.2 or newer
    

If you have all the dependencies properly installed, Amavis will run correctly.

Below you will find a list of distribution-specific instructions on how to make sure all the dependencies are installed. Make sure you have the specific package management tools (yum, apt-get, etc) installed and properly configured before continuing.

• Fedora Core 5

Run the following commands:

# yum -y install amavisd-new
# yum -y remove amavisd-new

• Mandriva 2006

Run the following commands:

# urpmi amavisd-new
# rpme -e amavisd-new

• Debian 3.1

Run the following commands:

# apt-get update
# apt-get -y install amavisd-new
# apt-get --purge -y remove amavisd-new

Download the 1.42 version of the Compress::Zlib perl module (from this link), uninstall the old version and install the new one:

# dpkg -r --force-all libcompress-zlib-perl
# dpkg -i --force-all libcompress-zlib-perl_1.42-1_i386.deb

Note: Forcing the uninstall steps and the installation of a package is not a standard procedure and may result in dependency problems. Please use with care.

• Ubuntu Server 6.06

Run the following commands:

# apt-get update
# apt-get install amavisd-new
# apt-get remove amavisd-new

Download the 5.420 version of MIME-Tools perl module (from this link) and install it:

# dpkg -i libmime-perl_5.420-0.1_all.deb