AMAVISD-NEW(8)							AMAVISD-NEW(8)



NAME
       amavisd-new - Interface between MTA and virus scanner/content filters

SYNOPSIS
       amavisd-new [ -u userid ] [ -g groupid ] [ -c config-file ]...  [ start
       | stop | reload | debug | debug-sa | foreground ]

DESCRIPTION
       amavisd is a high-performance interface between message transfer  agent
       (MTA) and virus scanners and/or spam scanners.

       This  is  the amavisd-new incarnation of amavisd.  It is a performance-
       enhanced and feature-enriched version of the original amavisd  program.

       Amavisd-new  works  as  a SMTP proxy.  Email is fed to it through SMTP,
       processed, and fed back to the  MTA  through  a	new  SMTP  connection.
       There is no buffering to disk by amavis, it will report that the trans
       fer was sucessfull only after the forwarding MTA has accepted the  mes
       sage.

       It is possible to use the sendmail milter interface instead of the SMTP
       proxy method, as well.

OPTIONS
       -c configfile
	      Use the specified  configuration	file  instead  of  using  run-
	      parts(8)	to  find  config files in /usr/share/amavis/conf.d and
	      /etc/amavis/conf.d (this is a Debian extension to  Amavisd-new).
	      More  than  one -c option can be specified and the files will be
	      read in the order given.

       -u userid
	      Try to switch to that user id.

       -g groupid
	      Try to switch to that group id.

       start  Starts amavisd-new

       stop   Stops a running amavisd-new

       reload Reloads configuration from config file (may in fact just restart
	      amavisd-new)

       debug  Runs amavisd-new in debug mode

       debug-sa
	      Runs amavisd-new in spamassassin debug mode

       foreground
	      Does not fork to background

FILES
       /etc/amavis/amavisd.conf, /var/lib/amavis, /var/run/amavis/amavisd.pid

SEE ALSO
       /usr/share/doc/amavisd-new/*

AUTHOR
       This   manual   page   was  written  by	Henrique  de  Moraes  Holschuh
       , for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be  used  by
       others).



				  2003-01-01			AMAVISD-NEW(8)