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Originally Posted by pkearney
...I had a quick look at my VPS Hosting server via cpanel and file manager, but couldn't find any antivirus.exim files. |
You need to login to the root of your
VPS Hosting (root@serverhostname.domain.tld) by SSH with something like PuTTY or preferably WinSCP (because I feel you'd prefer a Windows interface) — they're both free and you'll find WinSCP here:
http://winscp.net/eng/index.php — just install it as any other Windows program on your local PC and then run the application. I'll give you a full rundown ...
You'll get a WinSCP login window and you'll pick New (on the right); enter your
VPS Hosting hostname, user name (root) and root password then Save. That returns you to the former screen where you Login — it should connect you to the
VPS Hosting and hopefully several seconds later, open a larger window (if all is OK).
You'll arrive in an Explorer/File Manager-type interface with your local machine in the left panel and the server in the right panel; you'll be in the /root folder. You need to go up a level to /<root>< root > where you'll find the /etc folder you're looking for (along with all the other top level folders like /bin, /boot, /dev, /home ...). Navigate down below the long list of folders within /etc and if it's there in the list of files, antivirus.exim will be near the top (alphabetically). On mine it's nearly 16K. Right-click to open a menu and choose Edit — it's a text file and I doubt you'll not understand its content. You can comment out any line you don't want using a # in front. (You can copy this file to your local PC before you make any edit — just drag'n'drop in left panel).
If you scroll down to:
### [End]
# START
# Filters all incoming and outgoing mail
...If yours is anything like mine you will then find a large number of lines of filter parameters that can be commented out selectively before saving the file.
If there's very little in the file below the [End] marker then you have no other parameters set than at the top of the file (and I suggest you leave those alone).
I'll be interested to hear if this was the cause of your difficulties and I hope it will be — how's your evaluation going elsewhere? If you have another spare domain I'd be happy for you to test it on my
dedicated server ...
Late edit: I've only just remembered that the WinSCP interface style is selectable between Norton Commander and regular Windows Explorer — what I explained above relates to the Norton Commander layout.
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