Figure 10.5. KMail filter configuration

BitDefender integration

Using

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BitDefender

 

10.1.7. KMail

KMail is a fully-featured email client that fits nicely into the K Desktop Environment, KDE. It has features such as support for IMAP, POP3, multiple accounts, powerful filters, PGP/GnuPG privacy, inline attachments, and much more.

—KMail website

KMail integration can be done using the wizard from Tools Anti-virus Wizard...

menu. This will autodetect BitDefender and will automatically configure the filters to pipe any message through a script that will add a header to the message, X-Virus-Flagwith values Yes or No, depending on the email is infected or not.

If you do not like to use the wizard, you can add manually the filter rule. Start from Settings Configure filters.... Add a new filter and name it BitDefender Anti-Virus Check. In the Filter Criteria panel add a rule to select which messages to scan, for example a rule that will scan all messages. In the Filter Actions panel select Pipe Through and fill

i n t h e t e x t b o x kmail_bitdefender.sh. Then check the boxes Apply to incoming message and Apply on

manual filtering. Save the new rule by pressing the OK button.

Copy the following script, name it kmail_bitdefender.sh and save it somewhere in your path.

#!/bin/sh

#BitDefender KMail integration script

#Copyright (C) 1996-2006 SOFTWIN SRL. All rights reserved.

#Place this script in your PATH and name it

#kmail_bitdefender.sh, such as: ~/bin/kmail_bitdefender.sh

#Set some parameters

BDSCAN=bdscan

TMPFILE=/tmp/bdkmail_$$

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