Tools

Our free tools for Mac OS X Server Mail Services – spamtrainer and mailbfr – have been downloaded more than 100’000 times and are helping system administrators looking after Mac OS X Servers from 10.3 to 10.13.

Tutorials

Our free tutorials and whitepapers related to Mac OS X Server Mail and Web Services have been downloaded more than 500’000 times. The tutorials are available for a wide range of topics and for Mac OS X Server versions from 10.4 to 10.13.

Consultancy

While we are happy to provide free support through our Tutorials, FAQs and the occasional e-mail advice, it cannot replace personalised support. A professional can fix in a matter of hours what could take you days of trial and error.

Why does ClamAV complain about not being up-to-date?

Although the virus definitions database gets update regularly and automatically, the ClamAV applications do not. Sometimes it is not enough to just update the definitions. New functionality must be included into the applications to make sure each and every virus flavour gets caught. Usually, Apple will update the applications for you through a system or […]

How often should I update the ClamAV virus definitions database?

Normally once or twice a day will be more than enough. Updating more often only puts unnecessary load on the update servers and doesn’t give you any major benefit. In fact if you set freshclam to update too often, your IP may even be blacklisted by the update servers.

Why does ClamAV / freshclam complain about not being able to update its virus database?

freshclam is part of ClamAV and responsible for downloading virus database updates at regular intervals. Sometimes the update servers are simply not reachable and thus, the update will only happen the next time. Usually availability is restored quickly, but sometime it can take even a day or two. It’s the nature of the internet and […]

Why does ClamAV / freshclam complain about missing digital signatures?

In order for ClamAV’s freshclam to verify virus database updates’ digital signatures, it requires the GMP Library (GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library). Unfortunately, GMP does not come with OS X 10.3.x/10.4.x/10.5.x server and is not trivial to install. This is however not to be considered a major issue and you don’t need to worry about […]

Why can MySQL not connect through socket “tmp/mysql.sock”?

Most likely because your installation of MySQL is configured to write its socket in ” /var/mysql/mysql.sock “. Just tell your client/web application to use ” /var/mysql/mysql.sock ” and you should be fine.

How do I change the image / name on the webmail login page?

Open terminal and issue: sudo /private/etc/squirrelmail/config/conf.pl Select ” 1. Organization Preferences ” and adjust to your liking. Select ” S ” to save and ” Q ” to quit and you are all set. Further customization (except for color schemes) will require modification of SquirrelMail’s source files.

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