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Revision: 59 http://amavisadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/amavisadmin/?rev=59&view=rev Author: streindl Date: 2007-01-28 08:57:16 -0800 (Sun, 28 Jan 2007) Log Message: ----------- First valid parts of user guide Modified Paths: -------------- amavisadmin/branches/documentation_1_0/docs/user_guide.xml Added Paths: ----------- amavisadmin/branches/documentation_1_0/docs/architecture.png Added: amavisadmin/branches/documentation_1_0/docs/architecture.png =================================================================== (Binary files differ) Property changes on: amavisadmin/branches/documentation_1_0/docs/architecture.png ___________________________________________________________________ Name: svn:mime-type + application/octet-stream Modified: amavisadmin/branches/documentation_1_0/docs/user_guide.xml =================================================================== --- amavisadmin/branches/documentation_1_0/docs/user_guide.xml 2007-01-28 16:44:38 UTC (rev 58) +++ amavisadmin/branches/documentation_1_0/docs/user_guide.xml 2007-01-28 16:57:16 UTC (rev 59) @@ -111,20 +111,20 @@ only after an administrator has approved the request.</para> <figure id="fig-architecture"> - <title>Architecture of a system receiving mails and processing them - trough Amavisd-new</title> + <title>Architecture of a system receiving mails and processing them + trough Amavisd-new</title> - <mediaobject> - <imageobject> - <imagedata fileref="architecture.png" /> - </imageobject> - </mediaobject> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="architecture.png" /> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> </figure> - - <para>Figure xx gives an overview about the general architecture - and how AmavisAdmin fits into the figure. The flow for incoming mails - (either internet or intranet) is as follows:</para> + <para><xref linkend="fig-architecture" /> gives an overview about the + general architecture and how AmavisAdmin fits into the figure. The flow + for incoming mails (either internet or intranet) is as follows:</para> + <procedure> <step> <para>The postfix daemon accepts an incoming mail. First basic @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ <para>After performing the checks, general mail informartion is stored in the quarantine database. If the mail is containing problematic contents (i.e. viruses, SPAM, banned attachments,) also - the mail content is stored in the database. </para> + the mail content is stored in the database.</para> </step> <step> @@ -168,14 +168,45 @@ read his mail or informational mail.</para> </step> </procedure> + + <para>Assume a customer complains about a problem in one of your + products and you can immediately fix the problem and for customer + statisfaction, you are going to deliver a hot fix to the customer via + e-mail. While sending the file, the Amavisd-new scanner will reject the + delivery of the file as it contains an executable which are rejected by + your companies security policies.</para> + + <para>You can now log in into AmavisAdmin and you will immediately see + this (and probably other) blocked e-mail and as in this case you have a + reason to let this mail pass through to the customer, you will ask for + releasing the mail. This request will then pass to an admin who will + then approve (or reject) the request. After approval the AmavisAdmin + daemon will pass the mail trough Amavisd-new as if the mail would have + never been blocked.</para> + + <para>AmavisAdmin does a couple of other things, for example keeping the + database reasonable small by removing old mails, informing users and + adminstrators about new mails to be handled or approved, ...</para> + + <para>The advantage of AmavisAdmin is that there's no need to change the + existing flow or policies of handling SPAM/virus mails in the company. + By doing minor modifications in the Amavisd-new configuration (if + there's a SQL server in the loop already) you can incorporate + AmavisAdmin immediately. For details please refer to the installation + manual and the administration part later in this document.</para> </chapter> <chapter> <title>Logging in</title> <section> - <title>Logging in the first time</title> + <title>Connecting to AmavisAdmin</title> + <para>AmavisAdmin (from the user's perspecive) is a web application + that can be used from everywhere by connecting to a specific web page. + This can be done using your favourite web-browser to connect to the + AmavisAdmin landing page:</para> + <para></para> </section> </chapter> This was sent by the SourceForge.net collaborative development platform, the world's largest Open Source development site. |