[Mimedefang] Question about milter socket: unix vs. local

[Alexander Dalloz]

Hello all!

I am searching for an explaination for something I do not find an answer
for. All documentation for unix domain sockets did not give me a hint.

I am running sendmail with mimedefang and amavis, so I have these two lines
in my sendmail.mc:

INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`mimedefang',
`S=unix:/var/spool/MIMEdefang/mimedefang.sock, F=T, T=S:1m;R:1m;E:5m')dnl
INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`milter-amavis', `S=local:/var/amavis/amavis-milter.sock,
F=T, T=S:10m;R:10m;E:10m')dnl

The mimedefang readme instructs me to use "S=unix:/path/socket.file" while
amavis shall have "S=local:/path/socket.file". Where is the difference
between unix and local?

It would be nice if someone could point that out for me in a short way.

Thanks

Alexander


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