Disable and remove ClamAV

[plataforma]

Originally Posted by bajodel

A quick Solution should be to run this command (as root.. or sudo..)
# postconf -e 'content_filter ='
This command tell postfix "don't pass messages to amavis" at all.. so no antivirus and no antispam (this operation breaks 'a little' your ISPConfig setup.. you are alerted).
I think that a similar behaviour could be reached if you tune a Spamfilter Policy by-passing all checks ..and then apply this policy to all your domains.

Bye..

bajodel

I used your "quick fix"... how can i revert it...

[falko]

Run

postconf -e 'content_filter = amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024'

and restart Postfix.

[Meph]

It should be noted that after doing this I am not getting any warnings on the ISPConfig monitoring page.

[beryl]

Hi, i just did this (comment out antivirus, and stop clamav) and amavis is running again.
But now mail is not passed through spamassasin any more, any idea how i get it back and running again?

[falko]

Any errors in your mail log? Is SpamAssassin enabled in your amavisd.conf?

[beryl]

Thanks for replying Falko,

I found what the problem was, and it's just embarrising.
By default spamassassin does not mark the headers of e-mails that goes under a certain limit, but i thought it marked all of them.
So all the time, spamassassin was working just fine :-P

[msp]

Sorry to dig-up a *reeeeally* old post but...

For the 2 years I've been running ISPConfig I have struggled with emails from contact forms on various websites I run not being delivered.

After posting on this forum, I found a fix which was to restart ClamAV like this: /etc/init.d/amavis restart

As it would require restarting from time-to-time, I added this to a crobjob. This has basically been working for the last 12 (?) months until this month I realised I wasn't getting email again. So I restarted it manually and got the following:

Stopping amavisd: (not running).
Starting amavisd: Missing process ID in file /var/run/amavis/amavisd.pid at /usr/sbin/amavisd-new line 13931.
(failed).

Please can someone help? It's really a matter of importance for me as I run my business from this website and it's difficult to know when I stopped receiving enquiries!

My question is this. Is it possible / dangerous to remove ClamAV altogether? I don't even use this server to receive email, only to send through its SMTP service.

If so, can someone point me towards the best procedure for this, and also let me know of any possible pitfalls?

Yours desperately!

Mat

[till]

Not quite sure why you have problems with clamav and amavis on your servers as I never had a problem in the past years. But you can disable it easily as decsribed in the FAQ.

If so, can someone point me towards the best procedure for this, and also let me know of any possible pitfalls?

From ISPConfig FAQ:

http://www.faqforge.com/linux/contro...n-ispconfig-3/

[msp]

Thanks Till for the link.

As prev. mentioned I only use the server as a web server, and some websites use SMTP to send mail. I don't receive email, open email, or read email on the server.

The article doesn't say (maybe it's too obvious to even mention?!) but will this cause any problems with the security of the server in general?

I don't want to leave the web server open to vulnerabilities where possible!

Thanks,

Mat

[till]

Amavis and clamav are used to Filter emails, they have no influence on the security of your web server.