Hi

> I am new to clamav. I would like to know. How could I update my clamav?

Run freshclam.

> I see a lot of viruses passing throuth my mail server.

Which mail server? How connected to clamav?

> I have freshclam and clamav-milter in /etc/cron.daily. Do these update my
clamav database automatically or do I need to do something. 

freshclam should be enough. clamav-milter should not be startet by cron,
it's used to connect some mail servers to clamav.

> and how do I know that my databse has been updated. 

Run freshclam manually, it will show you the currently installed versions:

ClamAV update process started at Sat Sep 25 11:12:50 2004
Reading CVD header (main.cvd): OK
main.cvd is up to date (version: 27, sigs: 23982, f-level: 2, builder:
tomek)
Reading CVD header (daily.cvd): OK
daily.cvd is up to date (version: 503, sigs: 453, f-level: 2, builder:
ccordes)


I assume you are missing some configuration here.
It is not enough to install clamav (or have clamd runing) to secure anything
(as it is usually in Windows).
You also need to use that scanner somehow, for example with exiscan-ACLs out
of exim.

Regards,
  Steffen

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