diff --git a/src/archive.c b/src/archive.c
index 7f68e720..ca1e0193 100644
--- a/src/archive.c
+++ b/src/archive.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ void zerr(int ret){
 
 int inf(unsigned char *in, int len, int mode, char **buffer, FILE *dest){
    int ret, pos=0;
-   unsigned have;
    z_stream strm;
    char *new_ptr;
    unsigned char out[REALLYBIGBUFSIZE];
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ int inf(unsigned char *in, int len, int mode, char **buffer, FILE *dest){
                 return ret;
       }
 
-      have = REALLYBIGBUFSIZE - strm.avail_out;
+      unsigned have = REALLYBIGBUFSIZE - strm.avail_out;
 
       /*
        * write the uncompressed result either to stdout
@@ -235,8 +234,8 @@ CLEANUP:
 
 
 int retrieve_email_from_archive(struct session_data *sdata, FILE *dest, struct config *cfg){
-   int i, attachments;
-   char *buffer=NULL, *saved_buffer, *p, filename[SMALLBUFSIZE], pointer[SMALLBUFSIZE];
+   int attachments;
+   char *buffer=NULL, *saved_buffer, *p, filename[SMALLBUFSIZE];
    struct ptr_array ptr_arr[MAX_ATTACHMENTS];
 #ifdef HAVE_SUPPORT_FOR_COMPAT_STORAGE_LAYOUT
    struct stat st;
@@ -270,7 +269,9 @@ int retrieve_email_from_archive(struct session_data *sdata, FILE *dest, struct c
       if(buffer){
          saved_buffer = buffer;
 
-         for(i=1; i<=attachments; i++){
+         for(int i=1; i<=attachments; i++){
+            char pointer[SMALLBUFSIZE];
+
             snprintf(pointer, sizeof(pointer)-1, "ATTACHMENT_POINTER_%s.a%d_XXX_PILER", sdata->ttmpfile, i);
 
             p = strstr(buffer, pointer);
diff --git a/src/base64.c b/src/base64.c
deleted file mode 100644
index d130c930..00000000
--- a/src/base64.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * base64.c, SJ
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-
-char base64_value(char c){
-   static const char *base64_table = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
-
-   if((int)c > 63) return '=';
-
-   return base64_table[(int)c];
-}
-
-
-void base64_encode_block(unsigned char *in, int inlen, char *out){
-   char a, b, c, d, fragment;
-
-   sprintf(out, "====");
-
-   if(inlen <= 0) return;
-
-   fragment = *in & 0x3;
-
-   a = *in >> 2;
-
-   out[0] = base64_value(a);
-
-   b = fragment << 4;
-
-   if(inlen > 1)
-      b += *(in+1) >> 4;
-
-   out[1] = base64_value(b);
-
-   if(inlen == 1) return;
-
-
-   c = *(in+1) & 0xf;
-   c = c << 2;
-
-   if(inlen > 2){
-      fragment = *(in+2) & 0xfc;
-      c += fragment >> 6;
-
-      d = *(in+2) & 0x3f;
-      out[3] = base64_value(d);
-   }
-
-   out[2] = base64_value(c);
-}
-
-
-void base64_encode(unsigned char *in, int inlen, char *out, int outlen){
-   int i=0, j, pos=0;
-   unsigned char buf[3];
-
-   memset(buf, 0, 3);
-   memset(out, 0, outlen);
-
-   for(j=0; j<inlen; j++){
-
-      if(i == 3){
-         base64_encode_block(buf, 3, &out[pos]); pos += 4;
-
-         memset(buf, 0, 3);
-
-         i = 0;
-      }
-
-      buf[i] = *(in+j);
-      i++;       
-   }
-
-   base64_encode_block(buf, i, &out[pos]);
-}
-
diff --git a/src/bdat.c b/src/bdat.c
index f410eb71..aba66340 100644
--- a/src/bdat.c
+++ b/src/bdat.c
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ void get_bdat_size_to_read(struct smtp_session *session, char *buf){
 
 
 void process_bdat(struct smtp_session *session, char *readbuf, int readlen, struct config *cfg){
-   char buf[SMALLBUFSIZE];
-
    if(readlen <= 0) return;
 
    if(session->fd == -1){
@@ -106,6 +104,7 @@ void process_bdat(struct smtp_session *session, char *readbuf, int readlen, stru
 
          move_email(session);
 
+         char buf[SMALLBUFSIZE];
          snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf)-1, "250 OK <%s>\r\n", session->ttmpfile);
          send_smtp_response(session, buf);
          syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "received: %s, from=%s, size=%d, client=%s, fd=%d", session->ttmpfile, session->mailfrom, session->tot_len, session->remote_host, session->net.socket);
diff --git a/src/cfg.c b/src/cfg.c
index 490011b6..44fa8d27 100644
--- a/src/cfg.c
+++ b/src/cfg.c
@@ -35,13 +35,6 @@ int int_parser(char *src, int *target){
 };
 
 
-int float_parser(char *src, float *target){
-   *target = strtof(src, (char **) NULL);
-
-   return 0;
-};
-
-
 struct _parse_rule {
    char *name;
    char *type;
diff --git a/src/clamd.c b/src/clamd.c
index e5a7d17d..fd99c0b5 100644
--- a/src/clamd.c
+++ b/src/clamd.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 int clamd_scan(char *tmpfile, struct config *cfg){
    int s, n;
-   char *p, *q, buf[MAXBUFSIZE], scan_cmd[SMALLBUFSIZE];
+   char buf[MAXBUFSIZE], scan_cmd[SMALLBUFSIZE];
    struct sockaddr_un server;
 
    chmod(tmpfile, 0644);
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ int clamd_scan(char *tmpfile, struct config *cfg){
    if(cfg->verbosity >= _LOG_DEBUG) syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "%s: CLAMD DEBUG: %d %s", tmpfile, n, buf);
 
    if(strcasestr(buf, CLAMD_RESP_INFECTED)){
-      p = strchr(buf, ' ');
+      char *p = strchr(buf, ' ');
       if(p){
-         q = strrchr(p, ' ');
+         char *q = strrchr(p, ' ');
          if(q){
             *q = '\0';
             p++;
diff --git a/src/counters.c b/src/counters.c
index f05f8eac..3187144b 100644
--- a/src/counters.c
+++ b/src/counters.c
@@ -51,19 +51,18 @@ struct counters load_counters(struct session_data *sdata){
 void update_counters(struct session_data *sdata, struct counters *counters, struct config *cfg){
    char buf[MAXBUFSIZE];
 #ifdef HAVE_MEMCACHED
-   unsigned long long mc, rcvd;
+   unsigned long long mc;
    struct counters c;
-   char key[MAX_MEMCACHED_KEY_LEN];
    unsigned int flags=0;
 
-   if(counters->c_virus + counters->c_duplicate + counters->c_ignore + counters->c_size + counters->c_stored_size <= 0) return;
+   if(counters->c_virus + counters->c_duplicate + counters->c_ignore + counters->c_size + counters->c_stored_size < 1) return;
 
    if(cfg->update_counters_to_memcached == 1){
 
       /* increment counters to memcached */
 
       if(memcached_increment(&(data->memc), MEMCACHED_MSGS_RCVD, strlen(MEMCACHED_MSGS_RCVD), counters->c_rcvd, &mc) == MEMCACHED_SUCCESS){
-         rcvd = mc;
+         unsigned long long rcvd = mc;
 
          if(counters->c_virus > 0) memcached_increment(&(data->memc), MEMCACHED_MSGS_VIRUS, strlen(MEMCACHED_MSGS_VIRUS), counters->c_virus, &mc);
          if(counters->c_duplicate > 0) memcached_increment(&(data->memc), MEMCACHED_MSGS_DUPLICATE, strlen(MEMCACHED_MSGS_DUPLICATE), counters->c_duplicate, &mc);
@@ -77,6 +76,8 @@ void update_counters(struct session_data *sdata, struct counters *counters, stru
          snprintf(buf, MAXBUFSIZE-1, "%s %s %s %s %s %s %s", MEMCACHED_MSGS_RCVD, MEMCACHED_MSGS_VIRUS, MEMCACHED_MSGS_DUPLICATE, MEMCACHED_MSGS_IGNORE, MEMCACHED_MSGS_SIZE, MEMCACHED_MSGS_STORED_SIZE, MEMCACHED_COUNTERS_LAST_UPDATE);
 
          if(memcached_mget(&(data->memc), buf) == MEMCACHED_SUCCESS){
+            char key[MAX_MEMCACHED_KEY_LEN];
+
             while((memcached_fetch_result(&(data->memc), &key[0], &buf[0], &flags))){
                if(!strcmp(key, MEMCACHED_MSGS_RCVD)) c.c_rcvd = strtoull(buf, NULL, 10);
                else if(!strcmp(key, MEMCACHED_MSGS_VIRUS)) c.c_virus = strtoull(buf, NULL, 10);
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ void update_counters(struct session_data *sdata, struct counters *counters, stru
    }
    else {
 #endif
-      if(counters->c_virus + counters->c_duplicate + counters->c_ignore + counters->c_size + counters->c_stored_size <= 0) return;
+      if(counters->c_virus + counters->c_duplicate + counters->c_ignore + counters->c_size + counters->c_stored_size < 1) return;
 
       snprintf(buf, SMALLBUFSIZE-1, "UPDATE `%s` SET `rcvd`=`rcvd`+%llu, `virus`=`virus`+%llu, `duplicate`=`duplicate`+%llu, `ignore`=`ignore`+%llu, `size`=`size`+%llu, `stored_size`=`stored_size`+%llu", SQL_COUNTER_TABLE, counters->c_rcvd, counters->c_virus, counters->c_duplicate, counters->c_ignore, counters->c_size, counters->c_stored_size);
       p_query(sdata, buf);
diff --git a/src/decoder.c b/src/decoder.c
index 93c4fcc7..fc034ff1 100644
--- a/src/decoder.c
+++ b/src/decoder.c
@@ -98,20 +98,6 @@ inline void utf8_encode_char(unsigned char c, unsigned char *buf, int buflen, in
 }
 
 
-void sanitiseBase64(char *s){
-   char *p1;
-
-   if(s == NULL) return;
-
-   for(; *s; s++){
-      if(b64[(unsigned int)(*s & 0xFF)] == 255){
-         for(p1 = s; p1[0] != '\0'; p1++)
-            p1[0] = p1[1];
-      }
-   }
-}
-
-
 inline static void pack_4_into_3(char *s, char *s2){
    int j, n[4], k1, k2;
 
@@ -157,7 +143,7 @@ int decodeBase64(char *p){
 
 
 int decode_base64_to_buffer(char *p, int plen, unsigned char *b, int blen){
-   int i, len=0, decodedlen;
+   int i, len=0;
    char s[5], s2[3];
 
    if(plen < 4 || plen > blen)
@@ -166,7 +152,7 @@ int decode_base64_to_buffer(char *p, int plen, unsigned char *b, int blen){
    for(i=0; i<plen; i+=4){
       memcpy(s, p+i, 4);
       s[4] = '\0';
-      decodedlen = 3;
+      int decodedlen = 3;
 
       /* safety check against abnormally long lines */
 
@@ -191,12 +177,11 @@ int decode_base64_to_buffer(char *p, int plen, unsigned char *b, int blen){
 void decodeQP(char *p){
    unsigned int i;
    int k=0, a, b;
-   char c;
 
    if(p == NULL) return;
 
    for(i=0; i<strlen((char*)p); i++){
-      c = p[i];
+      char c = p[i];
 
       if(p[i] == '=' && isxdigit(p[i+1]) && isxdigit(p[i+2])){
          a = p[i+1];
diff --git a/src/decoder.h b/src/decoder.h
index 132d332c..bb823739 100644
--- a/src/decoder.h
+++ b/src/decoder.h
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 #ifndef _DECODER_H
  #define _DECODER_H
 
-void base64_encode(unsigned char *in, int inlen, char *out, int outlen);
-
-void sanitiseBase64(char *s);
 int decodeBase64(char *p);
 int decode_base64_to_buffer(char *p, int plen, unsigned char *b, int blen);
 void decodeQP(char *p);
diff --git a/src/defs.h b/src/defs.h
index c2cbd1e1..5ba10176 100644
--- a/src/defs.h
+++ b/src/defs.h
@@ -240,10 +240,6 @@ struct session_data {
 #ifdef NEED_MYSQL
    MYSQL mysql;
 #endif
-#ifdef NEED_PSQL
-   PGconn *psql;
-   char conninfo[SMALLBUFSIZE];
-#endif
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/extract.c b/src/extract.c
index 1d26565c..f45c417f 100644
--- a/src/extract.c
+++ b/src/extract.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ int remove_xml(char *src, char *dest, int destlen, int *html){
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ZIP
 int extract_opendocument(struct session_data *sdata, struct parser_state *state, char *filename, char *prefix){
-   int errorp, i=0, len=0, html=0;
+   int errorp, i=0, html=0;
    int len2;
    char buf[4*MAXBUFSIZE], puf[4*MAXBUFSIZE];
    struct zip *z;
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ int extract_opendocument(struct session_data *sdata, struct parser_state *state,
 
          zf = zip_fopen_index(z, i, 0);
          if(zf){
+            int len;
+
             while((len = zip_fread(zf, buf, sizeof(buf)-2)) > 0){
 
                len2 = remove_xml(buf, puf, sizeof(puf), &html);
@@ -206,9 +208,8 @@ void kill_helper(){
 
 
 void extract_attachment_content(struct session_data *sdata, struct parser_state *state, char *filename, char *type, int *rec, struct config *cfg){
-   int link[2], n;
+   int link[2];
    pid_t pid;
-   char outbuf[MAXBUFSIZE];
 
    if(strcmp(type, "other") == 0 || strcmp(type, "text") == 0) return;
 
@@ -302,6 +303,9 @@ void extract_attachment_content(struct session_data *sdata, struct parser_state
       die("execl");
    }
    else {
+      int n;
+      char outbuf[MAXBUFSIZE];
+
       close(link[1]);
       while((n = read(link[0], outbuf, sizeof(outbuf))) > 0){
          if(state->bodylen < BIGBUFSIZE-n-1){
diff --git a/src/imap.c b/src/imap.c
index 0fed15b5..45270b1d 100644
--- a/src/imap.c
+++ b/src/imap.c
@@ -91,10 +91,7 @@ END:
 
 
 int connect_to_imap_server(struct data *data){
-   int n;
    char buf[MAXBUFSIZE];
-   X509* server_cert;
-   char *str;
 
    data->import->cap_uidplus = 0;
 
@@ -113,15 +110,15 @@ int connect_to_imap_server(struct data *data){
       CHK_NULL(data->net->ssl, "internal ssl error");
 
       SSL_set_fd(data->net->ssl, data->net->socket);
-      n = SSL_connect(data->net->ssl);
+      int n = SSL_connect(data->net->ssl);
       CHK_SSL(n, "internal ssl error");
 
       printf("Cipher: %s\n", SSL_get_cipher(data->net->ssl));
 
-      server_cert = SSL_get_peer_certificate(data->net->ssl);
+      X509 *server_cert = SSL_get_peer_certificate(data->net->ssl);
       CHK_NULL(server_cert, "server cert error");
 
-      str = X509_NAME_oneline(X509_get_subject_name(server_cert), 0, 0);
+      char *str = X509_NAME_oneline(X509_get_subject_name(server_cert), 0, 0);
       CHK_NULL(str, "error in server cert");
       printf("server cert:\n\t subject: %s\n", str);
       OPENSSL_free(str);
diff --git a/src/import.c b/src/import.c
index 0b3884ba..42bdc233 100644
--- a/src/import.c
+++ b/src/import.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 int import_message(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg){
    int rc=ERR;
-   char *p, *rule, newpath[SMALLBUFSIZE];
+   char *rule;
    struct stat st;
    struct parser_state state;
    struct counters counters;
@@ -130,12 +130,14 @@ int import_message(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config
    } 
 
    if(rc != OK && data->import->failed_folder){
-      p = strrchr(data->import->filename, '/');
+      char *p = strrchr(data->import->filename, '/');
       if(p)
          p++;
       else
          p = data->import->filename;
 
+      char newpath[SMALLBUFSIZE];
+
       snprintf(newpath, sizeof(newpath)-2, "%s/%s", data->import->failed_folder, p);
 
       if(rename(data->import->filename, newpath))
diff --git a/src/import_imap.c b/src/import_imap.c
index 79876c74..7804767e 100644
--- a/src/import_imap.c
+++ b/src/import_imap.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ int import_from_imap_server(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struc
       q = data->imapfolders[i];
       while(q != NULL){
 
-         if(q && q->str && strlen(q->str) > 1){
+         if(q->str && strlen(q->str) > 1){
 
             skipmatch = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/import_mailbox.c b/src/import_mailbox.c
index 376408fa..7efe4dff 100644
--- a/src/import_mailbox.c
+++ b/src/import_mailbox.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 int import_from_mailbox(char *mailbox, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg){
    FILE *F, *f=NULL;
-   int rc=ERR, tot_msgs=0, ret=OK;
+   int rc=ERR, ret=OK;
    char buf[MAXBUFSIZE];
    time_t t;
 
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ int import_from_mailbox(char *mailbox, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *
    while(fgets(buf, sizeof(buf)-1, F)){
 
       if(buf[0] == 'F' && buf[1] == 'r' && buf[2] == 'o' && buf[3] == 'm' && buf[4] == ' '){
-         tot_msgs++;
          if(f){
             fclose(f);
             f = NULL;
diff --git a/src/list.c b/src/list.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 74a7b81c..00000000
--- a/src/list.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * list.c, SJ
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include "list.h"
-#include "config.h"
-
-
-int append_list(struct list **list, char *p){
-   struct list *q, *t, *u=NULL;
-
-   q = *list;
-
-   while(q){
-      if(strcmp(q->s, p) == 0)
-         return 0;
-
-      u = q;
-      q = q->r;
-   }
-
-   t = create_list_item(p);
-   if(t){
-      if(*list == NULL)
-         *list = t;
-      else if(u)
-         u->r = t;
-
-      return 1;
-   }
-
-   return -1;
-}
-
-
-struct list *create_list_item(char *s){
-   struct list *h=NULL;
-
-   if((h = malloc(sizeof(struct list))) == NULL)
-      return NULL;
-
-   snprintf(h->s, SMALLBUFSIZE-1, "%s", s);
-   h->r = NULL;
-
-   return h;
-}
-
-
-int is_string_on_list(struct list *list, char *s){
-   struct list *p;
-
-   p = list;
-
-   while(p != NULL){
-      if(strcmp(p->s, s) == 0) return 1;
-      p = p->r;
-   }
-
-   return 0;
-}
-
-
-int is_item_on_string(struct list *list, char *s){
-   struct list *p;
-
-   p = list;
-
-   while(p != NULL){
-      if(strstr(s, p->s)) return 1;
-      p = p->r;
-   }
-
-   return 0;
-}
-
-
-void free_list(struct list *list){
-   struct list *p, *q;
-
-   p = list;
-
-   while(p != NULL){
-      q = p->r;
-
-      if(p)
-         free(p);
-
-      p = q;
-   }
-}
-
-
-
diff --git a/src/list.h b/src/list.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e0ab6d7..00000000
--- a/src/list.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * list.h, SJ
- */
-
-#ifndef _LIST_H
- #define _LIST_H
-
-#include "defs.h"
-
-int append_list(struct list **list, char *p);
-struct list *create_list_item(char *s);
-int is_string_on_list(struct list *list, char *s);
-int is_item_on_string(struct list *list, char *s);
-void free_list(struct list *list);
-
-#endif /* _LIST_H */
-
diff --git a/src/memc.c b/src/memc.c
index d65ee966..19fdd98b 100644
--- a/src/memc.c
+++ b/src/memc.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void memcached_init(struct memcached_server *ptr, char *server_ip, int server_po
 
 
 int set_socket_options(struct memcached_server *ptr){
-   int error, flag=1, flags, rval;
+   int error, flag=1, flags;
    struct timeval waittime;
    struct linger linger;
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ int set_socket_options(struct memcached_server *ptr){
 
 
    if((flags & O_NONBLOCK) == 0){
-      rval = fcntl(ptr->fd, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
+      int rval = fcntl(ptr->fd, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
       if(rval == -1) return MEMCACHED_FAILURE;
    }
 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ int memcached_add(struct memcached_server *ptr, char *key, unsigned int keylen,
 
    if(memcached_connect(ptr) != MEMCACHED_SUCCESS) return MEMCACHED_FAILURE;
 
-   snprintf(ptr->buf, MAXBUFSIZE-1, "add %s %d %ld %d \r\n", key, flags, expiry, valuelen);
+   snprintf(ptr->buf, MAXBUFSIZE-1, "add %s %u %lu %u \r\n", key, flags, expiry, valuelen);
    len = strlen(ptr->buf);
 
    strncat(ptr->buf, value, MAXBUFSIZE-strlen(ptr->buf)-1);
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ int memcached_set(struct memcached_server *ptr, char *key, unsigned int keylen,
 
    if(memcached_connect(ptr) != MEMCACHED_SUCCESS) return MEMCACHED_FAILURE;
 
-   snprintf(ptr->buf, MAXBUFSIZE-1, "set %s %d %ld %d \r\n", key, flags, expiry, valuelen);
+   snprintf(ptr->buf, MAXBUFSIZE-1, "set %s %u %lu %u \r\n", key, flags, expiry, valuelen);
    len = strlen(ptr->buf);
 
    strncat(ptr->buf, value, MAXBUFSIZE-strlen(ptr->buf)-1);
diff --git a/src/misc.c b/src/misc.c
index 9ce05bb2..eb069606 100644
--- a/src/misc.c
+++ b/src/misc.c
@@ -84,43 +84,6 @@ long tvdiff(struct timeval a, struct timeval b){
 }
 
 
-/*
- * count a character in buffer
- */
-
-int countCharacterInBuffer(char *p, char c){
-   int i=0;
-
-   for(; *p; p++){
-      if(*p == c)
-         i++;
-   }
-
-   return i;
-}
-
-
-void replaceCharacterInBuffer(char *p, char from, char to){
-   int i, k=0;
-
-   for(i=0; i<strlen(p); i++){
-      if(p[i] == from){
-         if(to > 0){
-            p[k] = to;
-            k++;
-         }
-      }
-      else {
-         p[k] = p[i];
-         k++;
-      }
-
-   }
-
-   p[k] = '\0';
-}
-
-
 /*
  * split a string by a character as delimiter
  */
@@ -157,7 +120,8 @@ char *split_str(char *row, char *what, char *s, int size){
    char *r;
    int len;
 
-   memset(s, 0, size);
+   if(s) memset(s, 0, size);
+   else return NULL;
 
    if(row == NULL)
       return NULL;
@@ -176,10 +140,8 @@ char *split_str(char *row, char *what, char *s, int size){
       r += strlen(what);
    }
 
-   if(s != NULL){
-      strncpy(s, row, len);
-      s[len] = '\0';
-   }
+   strncpy(s, row, len);
+   s[len] = '\0';
 
    return r;
 }
@@ -210,8 +172,7 @@ int trimBuffer(char *s){
 
 
 int extract_verp_address(char *email){
-   char *p, *p1, *p2;
-   char puf[SMALLBUFSIZE];
+   char *p1;
 
    // a VERP address is like archive+user=domain.com@myarchive.local
 
@@ -221,13 +182,15 @@ int extract_verp_address(char *email){
 
    p1 = strchr(email, '+');
    if(p1){
-      p2 = strchr(p1, '@');
+      char *p2 = strchr(p1, '@');
       if(p2 && p2 > p1 + 2){
          if(strchr(p1+1, '=')){
+            char puf[SMALLBUFSIZE];
+
             memset(puf, 0, sizeof(puf));
 
             memcpy(&puf[0], p1+1, p2-p1-1);
-            p = strchr(puf, '=');
+            char *p = strchr(puf, '=');
             if(p) *p = '@';
             strcpy(email, puf);
          }
@@ -268,12 +231,13 @@ void make_random_string(char *buf, int buflen){
    int i, len, fd;
    int urandom=0;
    static char alphanum[] = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
-   unsigned char s[QUEUE_ID_LEN];
 
    len = strlen(alphanum);
 
    fd = open(RANDOM_POOL, O_RDONLY);
    if(fd != -1){
+      unsigned char s[QUEUE_ID_LEN];
+
       if(readFromEntropyPool(fd, s, sizeof(s)) == sizeof(s)){
          for(i=0; i<QUEUE_ID_LEN; i++){
             *(buf+i) = alphanum[s[i] % len];
@@ -345,10 +309,10 @@ int get_random_bytes(unsigned char *buf, int len, unsigned char server_id){
 
 int readFromEntropyPool(int fd, void *_s, ssize_t n){
    char *s = _s;
-   ssize_t res, pos = 0;
+   ssize_t pos = 0;
 
    while(n > pos){
-      res = read(fd, s + pos, n - pos);
+      ssize_t res = read(fd, s + pos, n - pos);
       switch(res){
          case  -1: continue;
          case   0: return res;
@@ -601,12 +565,6 @@ void strtolower(char *s){
 }
 
 
-void *get_in_addr(struct sockaddr *sa){
-   if(sa->sa_family == AF_INET) return &(((struct sockaddr_in*)sa)->sin_addr);
-   return &(((struct sockaddr_in6*)sa)->sin6_addr);
-}
-
-
 int make_socket_non_blocking(int fd){
    int flags, s;
 
diff --git a/src/misc.h b/src/misc.h
index 592c5fcb..e967bd78 100644
--- a/src/misc.h
+++ b/src/misc.h
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ int get_build();
 void get_extractor_list();
 void __fatal(char *s);
 long tvdiff(struct timeval a, struct timeval b);
-int countCharacterInBuffer(char *p, char c);
-void replaceCharacterInBuffer(char *p, char from, char to);
 char *split(char *str, int ch, char *buf, int buflen, int *result);
 char *split_str(char *row, char *what, char *s, int size);
 int trimBuffer(char *s);
@@ -42,7 +40,6 @@ void init_session_data(struct session_data *sdata, struct config *cfg);
 int read_from_stdin(struct session_data *sdata);
 void strtolower(char *s);
 
-void *get_in_addr(struct sockaddr *sa);
 int make_socket_non_blocking(int fd);
 int create_and_bind(char *listen_addr, int listen_port);
 
diff --git a/src/mydomains.c b/src/mydomains.c
index a25bd25d..00b880e1 100644
--- a/src/mydomains.c
+++ b/src/mydomains.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 
 void load_mydomains(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config *cfg){
-   int rc;
    char s[SMALLBUFSIZE];
    struct sql sql;
 
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ void load_mydomains(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, struct config
       p_store_results(&sql);
 
       while(p_fetch_results(&sql) == OK){
-         rc = addnode(data->mydomains, s);
+         int rc = addnode(data->mydomains, s);
 
          if(rc == 0) syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "failed to append mydomain: '%s'", s);
          else if(cfg->verbosity >= _LOG_DEBUG) syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "added mydomain: '%s'", s);
diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index 7a914319..001c79a3 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ struct parser_state parse_message(struct session_data *sdata, int take_into_piec
 
 void post_parse(struct session_data *sdata, struct parser_state *state, struct config *cfg){
    int i, rec=0;
-   unsigned int len;
-   char *p;
 
    clearhash(state->boundaries);
    clearhash(state->rcpt);
@@ -92,8 +90,8 @@ void post_parse(struct session_data *sdata, struct parser_state *state, struct c
 
       if(cfg->verbosity >= _LOG_DEBUG) syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "%s: attachment list: i:%d, name=*%s*, type: *%s*, size: %d, int.name: %s, digest: %s", sdata->ttmpfile, i, state->attachments[i].filename, state->attachments[i].type, state->attachments[i].size, state->attachments[i].internalname, state->attachments[i].digest);
 
-      p = determine_attachment_type(state->attachments[i].filename, state->attachments[i].type);
-      len = strlen(p);
+      char *p = determine_attachment_type(state->attachments[i].filename, state->attachments[i].type);
+      unsigned int len = strlen(p);
       if(strlen(sdata->attachments) < SMALLBUFSIZE-len-1 && !strstr(sdata->attachments, p)) memcpy(&(sdata->attachments[strlen(sdata->attachments)]), p, len);
 
       if(state->attachments[i].dumped == 1){
@@ -142,8 +140,7 @@ void storno_attachment(struct parser_state *state){
 int parse_line(char *buf, struct parser_state *state, struct session_data *sdata, int take_into_pieces, char *writebuffer, int writebuffersize, char *abuffer, int abuffersize, struct data *data, struct config *cfg){
    char *p, *q, puf[SMALLBUFSIZE];
    unsigned char b64buffer[MAXBUFSIZE];
-   char tmpbuf[MAXBUFSIZE];
-   int n64, writelen, boundary_line=0, result;
+   int n64, boundary_line=0, result;
    unsigned int len, domainlen;
 
    if(cfg->debug == 1) printf("line: %s", buf);
@@ -261,7 +258,7 @@ int parse_line(char *buf, struct parser_state *state, struct session_data *sdata
             }
             else {
                snprintf(puf, sizeof(puf)-1, "ATTACHMENT_POINTER_%s.a%d_XXX_PILER", sdata->ttmpfile, state->n_attachments);
-               writelen = strlen(puf);
+               int writelen = strlen(puf);
                if(writelen + state->writebufpos > writebuffersize-1){
                   if(write(state->mfd, writebuffer, state->writebufpos) == -1) syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "ERROR: write(), %s, %d, %s", __func__, __LINE__, __FILE__);
                   state->writebufpos = 0;
@@ -631,6 +628,8 @@ int parse_line(char *buf, struct parser_state *state, struct session_data *sdata
 
    /* encode the body if it's not utf-8 encoded */
    if(state->message_state == MSG_BODY && state->utf8 != 1){
+      char tmpbuf[MAXBUFSIZE];
+
       result = utf8_encode(buf, strlen(buf), &tmpbuf[0], sizeof(tmpbuf), state->charset);
       if(result == OK) snprintf(buf, MAXBUFSIZE-1, "%s", tmpbuf);
    }
@@ -652,8 +651,6 @@ int parse_line(char *buf, struct parser_state *state, struct session_data *sdata
 
       degenerateToken((unsigned char*)puf);
 
-      if(puf[0] == '\0') continue;
-
       strncat(puf, " ", sizeof(puf)-strlen(puf)-1);
 
       if(strncasecmp(puf, "http://", 7) == 0 || strncasecmp(puf, "https://", 8) == 0) fixURL(puf, sizeof(puf)-1);
diff --git a/src/parser_utils.c b/src/parser_utils.c
index d8f75aa5..32947b9b 100644
--- a/src/parser_utils.c
+++ b/src/parser_utils.c
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ long get_local_timezone_offset(){
 
 
 time_t parse_date_header(char *datestr){
-   int n=0, len;
    long offset=0;
    time_t ts=0;
    char *p, *q, *r, *tz, s[SMALLBUFSIZE], tzh[4], tzm[3];
@@ -149,11 +148,9 @@ time_t parse_date_header(char *datestr){
    do {
       p = split_str(p, " ", s, sizeof(s)-1);
 
-      len = strlen(s);
+      int len = strlen(s);
 
       if(len > 0){
-         n++;
-
          /*
           *  A proper Date: header should look like this:
           *
@@ -263,7 +260,7 @@ time_t parse_date_header(char *datestr){
 
 
 int extract_boundary(char *p, struct parser_state *state){
-   char *q, *q2;
+   char *q;
 
    p += strlen("boundary");
 
@@ -290,7 +287,7 @@ int extract_boundary(char *p, struct parser_state *state){
             break;
       }
 
-      q2 = strchr(p, ';');
+      char *q2 = strchr(p, ';');
       if(q2) *q2 = '\0';
 
       q = strrchr(p, '"');
@@ -314,7 +311,7 @@ int extract_boundary(char *p, struct parser_state *state){
 
 
 void fixupEncodedHeaderLine(char *buf, int buflen){
-   char *p, *q, *r, *s, *e, *end;
+   char *q, *r, *s, *e, *end;
    /*
     * I thought SMALLBUFSIZE would be enough for v, encoding and tmpbuf(2*),
     * but then I saw a 6-7000 byte long subject line, so I've switched to MAXBUFSIZE
@@ -332,7 +329,7 @@ void fixupEncodedHeaderLine(char *buf, int buflen){
    do {
       q = split_str(q, " ", v, sizeof(v)-1);
 
-      p = v;
+      char *p = v;
 
       do {
          memset(u, 0, sizeof(u));
@@ -443,9 +440,10 @@ void fixupEncodedHeaderLine(char *buf, int buflen){
 
 void fixupSoftBreakInQuotedPritableLine(char *buf, struct parser_state *state){
    int i=0;
-   char *p, puf[MAXBUFSIZE];
 
    if(strlen(state->qpbuf) > 0){
+      char puf[MAXBUFSIZE];
+
       memset(puf, 0, sizeof(puf));
       snprintf(puf, sizeof(puf)-1, "%s%s", state->qpbuf, buf);
       snprintf(buf, MAXBUFSIZE-1, "%s", puf);
@@ -458,7 +456,7 @@ void fixupSoftBreakInQuotedPritableLine(char *buf, struct parser_state *state){
    }
 
    if(i == 1){
-      p = strrchr(buf, ' ');
+      char *p = strrchr(buf, ' ');
       if(p){
          memset(state->qpbuf, 0, MAX_TOKEN_LEN);
          if(strlen(p) < MAX_TOKEN_LEN-1){
@@ -472,9 +470,10 @@ void fixupSoftBreakInQuotedPritableLine(char *buf, struct parser_state *state){
 
 
 void fixupBase64EncodedLine(char *buf, struct parser_state *state){
-   char *p, puf[MAXBUFSIZE];
 
    if(strlen(state->miscbuf) > 0){
+      char puf[MAXBUFSIZE];
+
       memset(puf, 0, sizeof(puf));
       strncpy(puf, state->miscbuf, sizeof(puf)-strlen(puf)-1);
       strncat(puf, buf, sizeof(puf)-strlen(puf)-1);
@@ -486,7 +485,7 @@ void fixupBase64EncodedLine(char *buf, struct parser_state *state){
    }
 
    if(buf[strlen(buf)-1] != '\n'){
-      p = strrchr(buf, ' ');
+      char *p = strrchr(buf, ' ');
       if(p){
          memcpy(&(state->miscbuf[0]), p+1, MAX_TOKEN_LEN-1);
          *p = '\0';
@@ -573,7 +572,7 @@ void markHTML(char *buf, struct parser_state *state){
 
 
 int appendHTMLTag(char *buf, char *htmlbuf, int pos, struct parser_state *state){
-   char *p, html[SMALLBUFSIZE];
+   char html[SMALLBUFSIZE];
    int len;
 
    if(pos == 0 && strncmp(htmlbuf, "style ", 6) == 0) state->style = 1;
@@ -591,7 +590,7 @@ int appendHTMLTag(char *buf, char *htmlbuf, int pos, struct parser_state *state)
    len = strlen(html);
 
    if(len > 8 && strchr(html, '=')){
-      p = strstr(html, "cid:");
+      char *p = strstr(html, "cid:");
       if(p){
          *(p+3) = '\0';
          strncat(html, " ", SMALLBUFSIZE-1);
@@ -779,8 +778,7 @@ void fixURL(char *buf, int buflen){
 
 
 void extractNameFromHeaderLine(char *s, char *name, char *resultbuf, int resultbuflen){
-   int extended=0;
-   char buf[SMALLBUFSIZE], puf[SMALLBUFSIZE], *p, *q, *encoding;
+   char buf[SMALLBUFSIZE], *p, *q;
 
    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf)-1, "%s", s);
 
@@ -788,6 +786,7 @@ void extractNameFromHeaderLine(char *s, char *name, char *resultbuf, int resultb
 
    p = strstr(buf, name);
    if(p){
+      int extended=0;
 
       /*
        *
@@ -843,7 +842,7 @@ void extractNameFromHeaderLine(char *s, char *name, char *resultbuf, int resultb
 
 
          if(extended == 1){
-            encoding = p;
+            char *encoding = p;
             q = strchr(p, '\'');
             if(q){
                *q = '\0';
@@ -860,6 +859,8 @@ void extractNameFromHeaderLine(char *s, char *name, char *resultbuf, int resultb
                snprintf(resultbuf, resultbuflen-2, "%s", p);
          }
          else {
+            char puf[SMALLBUFSIZE];
+
             snprintf(puf, sizeof(puf)-1, "%s", p);
             fixupEncodedHeaderLine(puf, sizeof(puf));
 
@@ -873,8 +874,6 @@ void extractNameFromHeaderLine(char *s, char *name, char *resultbuf, int resultb
 
 
 char *determine_attachment_type(char *filename, char *type){
-   char *p;
-
    if(strncasecmp(type, "text/", strlen("text/")) == 0) return "text,";
    if(strncasecmp(type, "image/", strlen("image/")) == 0) return "image,";
    if(strncasecmp(type, "audio/", strlen("audio/")) == 0) return "audio,";
@@ -905,7 +904,7 @@ char *determine_attachment_type(char *filename, char *type){
 
    if(strncasecmp(type, "application/", 12) == 0){
 
-      p = strrchr(filename, '.');
+      char *p = strrchr(filename, '.');
       if(p){
          p++;
 
@@ -967,14 +966,13 @@ char *get_attachment_extractor_by_filename(char *filename){
 
 
 void parse_reference(struct parser_state *state, char *s){
-   int len;
    char puf[SMALLBUFSIZE];
 
    if(strlen(state->reference) > 10) return;
 
    do {
       s = split_str(s, " ", puf, sizeof(puf)-1);
-      len = strlen(puf);
+      int len = strlen(puf);
 
       if(len > 10 && len < SMALLBUFSIZE-1){
          memcpy(&(state->reference[strlen(state->reference)]), puf, len);
@@ -1000,12 +998,11 @@ int base64_decode_attachment_buffer(char *p, unsigned char *b, int blen){
 
 
 void fix_plus_sign_in_email_address(char *puf, char **at_sign, unsigned int *len){
-   int n;
    char *r;
 
    r = strchr(puf, '+');
    if(r){
-      n = strlen(*at_sign);
+      int n = strlen(*at_sign);
       memmove(r, *at_sign, n);
       *(r+n) = '\0';
       *len = strlen(puf);
diff --git a/src/piler-smtp.c b/src/piler-smtp.c
index f87ecaf2..b6de6f10 100644
--- a/src/piler-smtp.c
+++ b/src/piler-smtp.c
@@ -53,14 +53,12 @@ void usage(){
 
 
 void p_clean_exit(int sig){
-   int i;
-
    if(sig > 0) syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "got signal: %d, %s", sig, strsignal(sig));
 
    if(listenerfd != -1) close(listenerfd);
 
    if(sessions){
-      for(i=0; i<cfg.max_connections; i++){
+      for(int i=0; i<cfg.max_connections; i++){
          if(sessions[i]) free_smtp_session(sessions[i]);
       }
 
@@ -85,12 +83,11 @@ void fatal(char *s){
 
 void check_for_client_timeout(){
    time_t now;
-   int i;
 
    if(num_connections > 0){
       time(&now);
 
-      for(i=0; i<cfg.max_connections; i++){
+      for(int i=0; i<cfg.max_connections; i++){
          if(sessions[i] && now - sessions[i]->lasttime >= cfg.smtp_timeout){
             syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "client %s timeout", sessions[i]->remote_host);
             tear_down_session(sessions, sessions[i]->slot, &num_connections);
@@ -128,7 +125,7 @@ void initialise_configuration(){
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv){
    int listenerfd, client_sockfd;
-   int i, n, daemonise=0;
+   int i, daemonise=0;
    int client_len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage);
    ssize_t readlen;
    struct sockaddr_storage client_address;
@@ -212,14 +209,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
 
    syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "%s %s, build %d starting", PROGNAME, VERSION, get_build());
 
-#if HAVE_DAEMON == 1
+#if HAVE_DAEMON
    if(daemonise == 1 && daemon(1, 0) == -1) fatal(ERR_DAEMON);
 #endif
 
    alarm(timeout);
 
    for(;;){
-      n = epoll_wait(efd, events, cfg.max_connections, -1);
+      int n = epoll_wait(efd, events, cfg.max_connections, -1);
       for(i=0; i<n; i++){
 
          // Office365 sometimes behaves oddly: when it receives the 250 OK
diff --git a/src/piler.c b/src/piler.c
index 6554d20f..fda82529 100644
--- a/src/piler.c
+++ b/src/piler.c
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ int process_email(char *filename, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data,
    char tmpbuf[SMALLBUFSIZE];
    char *status=S_STATUS_UNDEF;
    char *arule;
-   char *rcpt;
    char *p;
    struct timezone tz;
    struct timeval tv1, tv2;
@@ -134,6 +133,8 @@ int process_email(char *filename, struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data,
    post_parse(sdata, &parser_state, cfg);
 
    if(cfg->syslog_recipients == 1){
+      char *rcpt;
+
       rcpt = parser_state.b_to;
       do {
          rcpt = split_str(rcpt, " ", tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf)-1);
@@ -467,7 +468,7 @@ void initialise_configuration(){
 
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv){
-   int i, daemonise=0, dedupfd;
+   int i, daemonise=0;
    struct stat st;
 
 
@@ -520,7 +521,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
    if(stat(cfg.pidfile, &st) == 0) fatal(ERR_PID_FILE_EXISTS);
 
    if(cfg.mmap_dedup_test == 1){
-      dedupfd = open(MESSAGE_ID_DEDUP_FILE, O_RDWR);
+      int dedupfd = open(MESSAGE_ID_DEDUP_FILE, O_RDWR);
       if(dedupfd == -1) fatal(ERR_OPEN_DEDUP_FILE);
 
       data.dedup = mmap(NULL, MAXCHILDREN*DIGEST_LENGTH*2, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, dedupfd, 0);
@@ -531,7 +532,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
 
    syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "%s %s, build %d starting", PROGNAME, VERSION, get_build());
 
-#if HAVE_DAEMON == 1
+#if HAVE_DAEMON
    if(daemonise == 1 && daemon(1, 0) == -1) fatal(ERR_DAEMON);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/pilerexport.c b/src/pilerexport.c
index 035cd806..c6da09cc 100644
--- a/src/pilerexport.c
+++ b/src/pilerexport.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ unsigned long convert_time(char *yyyymmdd, int h, int m, int s){
 
 
 int append_email_to_buffer(char **buffer, char *email){
-   int len, arglen;
+   int arglen;
    char *s=NULL, emailaddress[SMALLBUFSIZE];
 
    snprintf(emailaddress, sizeof(emailaddress)-1, "'%s'", email);
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ int append_email_to_buffer(char **buffer, char *email){
       memcpy(*buffer, emailaddress, arglen);
    }
    else {
-      len = strlen(*buffer);
+      int len = strlen(*buffer);
       s = realloc(*buffer, len + arglen+2);
       if(!s){
          printf("malloc problem!\n");
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int append_email_to_buffer(char **buffer, char *email){
 
 
 int append_string_to_buffer(char **buffer, char *str){
-   int len, arglen;
+   int arglen;
    char *s=NULL;
 
    arglen = strlen(str);
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ int append_string_to_buffer(char **buffer, char *str){
       memcpy(*buffer, str, arglen);
    }
    else {
-      len = strlen(*buffer);
+      int len = strlen(*buffer);
       s = realloc(*buffer, len + arglen+1);
       if(!s) return 1;
 
@@ -152,8 +152,6 @@ int append_string_to_buffer(char **buffer, char *str){
 
 
 uint64 run_query(struct session_data *sdata, struct session_data *sdata2, char *where_condition, uint64 last_id, int *num, struct config *cfg){
-   MYSQL_RES *res;
-   MYSQL_ROW row;
    int rc=0;
    uint64 id=0;
    char s[SMALLBUFSIZE];
@@ -168,8 +166,9 @@ uint64 run_query(struct session_data *sdata, struct session_data *sdata2, char *
    snprintf(s, sizeof(s)-1, "SELECT id FROM %s WHERE %s AND id > %llu ORDER BY id ASC LIMIT 0,%d", index_list, where_condition, last_id, max_matches);
 
    if(mysql_real_query(&(sdata2->mysql), s, strlen(s)) == 0){
-      res = mysql_store_result(&(sdata2->mysql));
+      MYSQL_RES *res = mysql_store_result(&(sdata2->mysql));
       if(res != NULL){
+         MYSQL_ROW row;
          while((row = mysql_fetch_row(res))){
             id = strtoull(row[0], NULL, 10);
             (*num)++;
@@ -194,13 +193,12 @@ uint64 run_query(struct session_data *sdata, struct session_data *sdata2, char *
 
 
 uint64 get_total_found(struct session_data *sdata){
-   MYSQL_RES *res;
-   MYSQL_ROW row;
    uint64 total_found=0;
 
    if(mysql_real_query(&(sdata->mysql), "SHOW META LIKE 'total_found'", 28) == 0){
-      res = mysql_store_result(&(sdata->mysql));
+      MYSQL_RES *res = mysql_store_result(&(sdata->mysql));
       if(res != NULL){
+         MYSQL_ROW row;
          while((row = mysql_fetch_row(res))){
             total_found = strtoull(row[1], NULL, 10);
          }
@@ -313,7 +311,7 @@ int build_query_from_args(char *from, char *to, char *fromdomain, char *todomain
 
    if(startdate > 0){
       if(where_condition) rc = append_string_to_buffer(&query, " AND ");
-      snprintf(s, sizeof(s)-1, " `sent` >= %ld", startdate);
+      snprintf(s, sizeof(s)-1, " `sent` >= %lu", startdate);
       rc += append_string_to_buffer(&query, s);
 
       where_condition++;
@@ -322,7 +320,7 @@ int build_query_from_args(char *from, char *to, char *fromdomain, char *todomain
 
    if(stopdate > 0){
       if(where_condition) rc = append_string_to_buffer(&query, " AND ");
-      snprintf(s, sizeof(s)-1, " `sent` <= %ld", stopdate);
+      snprintf(s, sizeof(s)-1, " `sent` <= %lu", stopdate);
       rc += append_string_to_buffer(&query, s);
 
       where_condition++;
@@ -410,7 +408,7 @@ ENDE:
 
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv){
-   int c, minsize=0, maxsize=0;
+   int minsize=0, maxsize=0;
    size_t nmatch=0;
    unsigned long startdate=0, stopdate=0;
    char *configfile=CONFIG_FILE;
@@ -451,9 +449,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
 
       int option_index = 0;
 
-      c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:s:S:f:r:F:R:a:b:w:m:i:Adhv?", long_options, &option_index);
+      int c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:s:S:f:r:F:R:a:b:w:m:i:Adhv?", long_options, &option_index);
 #else
-      c = getopt(argc, argv, "c:s:S:f:r:F:R:a:b:w:m:i:Adhv?");
+      int c = getopt(argc, argv, "c:s:S:f:r:F:R:a:b:w:m:i:Adhv?");
 #endif
 
       if(c == -1) break;
diff --git a/src/pilerimport.c b/src/pilerimport.c
index 3d1355d5..7fd62229 100644
--- a/src/pilerimport.c
+++ b/src/pilerimport.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ void usage(){
 
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv){
-   int i, c, n_mbox=0;
+   int i, n_mbox=0;
    char *configfile=CONFIG_FILE, *mbox[MBOX_ARGS], *directory=NULL;
    char *imapserver=NULL, *pop3server=NULL;
    struct session_data sdata;
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
 
       int option_index = 0;
 
-      c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:m:M:e:d:i:K:u:p:P:x:F:f:a:b:t:s:g:j:DRroqh?", long_options, &option_index);
+      int c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:m:M:e:d:i:K:u:p:P:x:F:f:a:b:t:s:g:j:DRroqh?", long_options, &option_index);
 #else
-      c = getopt(argc, argv, "c:m:M:e:d:i:K:u:p:P:x:F:f:a:b:t:s:g:j:DRroqh?");
+      int c = getopt(argc, argv, "c:m:M:e:d:i:K:u:p:P:x:F:f:a:b:t:s:g:j:DRroqh?");
 #endif
 
       if(c == -1) break;
diff --git a/src/pop3.c b/src/pop3.c
index 83eb4433..2c69e4b3 100644
--- a/src/pop3.c
+++ b/src/pop3.c
@@ -34,11 +34,7 @@ int is_last_complete_pop3_packet(char *s, int len){
 
 
 int connect_to_pop3_server(struct data *data){
-   int n;
    char buf[MAXBUFSIZE];
-   X509* server_cert;
-   char *str;
-
 
    if(data->net->use_ssl == 1){
 
@@ -56,15 +52,15 @@ int connect_to_pop3_server(struct data *data){
       CHK_NULL(data->net->ssl, "internal ssl error");
 
       SSL_set_fd(data->net->ssl, data->net->socket);
-      n = SSL_connect(data->net->ssl);
+      int n = SSL_connect(data->net->ssl);
       CHK_SSL(n, "internal ssl error");
 
       printf("Cipher: %s\n", SSL_get_cipher(data->net->ssl));
 
-      server_cert = SSL_get_peer_certificate(data->net->ssl);
+      X509 *server_cert = SSL_get_peer_certificate(data->net->ssl);
       CHK_NULL(server_cert, "server cert error");
 
-      str = X509_NAME_oneline(X509_get_subject_name(server_cert), 0, 0);
+      char *str = X509_NAME_oneline(X509_get_subject_name(server_cert), 0, 0);
       CHK_NULL(str, "error in server cert");
       OPENSSL_free(str);
 
@@ -99,7 +95,7 @@ int connect_to_pop3_server(struct data *data){
 
 
 void get_number_of_total_messages(struct data *data){
-   char *p, buf[MAXBUFSIZE];
+   char buf[MAXBUFSIZE];
 
    data->import->total_messages = 0;
 
@@ -109,7 +105,7 @@ void get_number_of_total_messages(struct data *data){
    recvtimeoutssl(data->net, buf, sizeof(buf));
 
    if(strncmp(buf, "+OK ", 4) == 0){
-      p = strchr(&buf[4], ' ');
+      char *p = strchr(&buf[4], ' ');
       if(p){
          *p = '\0';
          data->import->total_messages = atoi(&buf[4]);
diff --git a/src/reindex.c b/src/reindex.c
index b84a9891..5402c4ce 100644
--- a/src/reindex.c
+++ b/src/reindex.c
@@ -74,10 +74,7 @@ uint64 get_max_meta_id(struct session_data *sdata){
 
 
 uint64 retrieve_email_by_metadata_id(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *data, uint64 from_id, uint64 to_id, struct config *cfg){
-   FILE *f;
-   char filename[SMALLBUFSIZE];
    char s[SMALLBUFSIZE];
-   int rc=0;
    uint64 stored_id=0, reindexed=0, delta;
    struct parser_state state;
    struct sql sql;
@@ -111,12 +108,14 @@ uint64 retrieve_email_by_metadata_id(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *da
       while(p_fetch_results(&sql) == OK){
 
          if(stored_id > 0){
+            FILE *f;
+            char filename[SMALLBUFSIZE];
 
             snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename)-1, "%llu.eml", stored_id);
 
             f = fopen(filename, "w");
             if(f){
-               rc = retrieve_email_from_archive(sdata, f, cfg);
+               int rc = retrieve_email_from_archive(sdata, f, cfg);
                fclose(f);
 
                if(rc){
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ uint64 retrieve_email_by_metadata_id(struct session_data *sdata, struct data *da
 
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv){
-   int c, all=0;
+   int all=0;
    uint64 from_id=0, to_id=0, n=0;
    char *configfile=CONFIG_FILE, *folder=NULL;
    struct session_data sdata;
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
 
 
    while(1){
-      c = getopt(argc, argv, "c:f:t:F:pahv?");
+      int c = getopt(argc, argv, "c:f:t:F:pahv?");
 
       if(c == -1) break;
 
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
    }
 
 
-   if(all == 0 && (from_id <= 0 || to_id <= 0) ) usage();
+   if(all == 0 && (from_id < 1 || to_id < 1) ) usage();
 
    if(!can_i_write_directory(NULL)) __fatal("cannot write current directory!");
 
diff --git a/src/rules.c b/src/rules.c
index 344843d0..7aada6e5 100644
--- a/src/rules.c
+++ b/src/rules.c
@@ -408,14 +408,13 @@ int check_spam_rule(int is_spam, int spam){
 int check_attachment_rule(struct parser_state *state, struct rule *rule){
    int i;
    size_t nmatch=0;
-   int ismatch = 0;
 
    if(state->n_attachments == 0) return RULE_UNDEF;
 
    if(rule->emptyaname == 1 && rule->emptyatype == 1) return RULE_UNDEF;
 
    for(i=1; i<=state->n_attachments; i++){
-      ismatch = 0;
+      int ismatch = 0;
 
       if(rule->emptyaname == 0){
          if(regexec(&(rule->attachment_name), state->attachments[i].filename, nmatch, NULL, 0) == 0)
@@ -446,13 +445,13 @@ void initrules(struct node *xhash[]){
 
 
 void clearrules(struct node *xhash[]){
-   struct node *p, *q;
+   struct node *q;
    struct rule *rule;
 
    q = xhash[0];
 
    while(q != NULL){
-      p = q;
+      struct node *p = q;
       q = q->r;
 
       if(p){
diff --git a/src/session.c b/src/session.c
index 5329c381..a8ad8350 100644
--- a/src/session.c
+++ b/src/session.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ int is_blocked_by_tcp_wrappers(int sd){
 
 
 int start_new_session(struct smtp_session **sessions, int socket, int *num_connections, struct config *cfg){
-   char smtp_banner[SMALLBUFSIZE];
    int slot;
 
    /*
@@ -55,6 +54,8 @@ int start_new_session(struct smtp_session **sessions, int socket, int *num_conne
    if(slot >= 0 && sessions[slot] == NULL){
       sessions[slot] = malloc(sizeof(struct smtp_session));
       if(sessions[slot]){
+         char smtp_banner[SMALLBUFSIZE];
+
          init_smtp_session(sessions[slot], slot, socket, cfg);
          snprintf(smtp_banner, sizeof(smtp_banner)-1, SMTP_RESP_220_BANNER, cfg->hostid);
          send(socket, smtp_banner, strlen(smtp_banner), 0);
@@ -228,12 +229,12 @@ void handle_data(struct smtp_session *session, char *readbuf, int readlen, struc
 
 void write_envelope_addresses(struct smtp_session *session, struct config *cfg){
    int i;
-   char *p, s[SMALLBUFSIZE];
+   char s[SMALLBUFSIZE];
 
    if(session->fd == -1) return;
 
    for(i=0; i<session->num_of_rcpt_to; i++){
-      p = strchr(session->rcptto[i], '@');
+      char *p = strchr(session->rcptto[i], '@');
       if(p && strncmp(p+1, cfg->hostid, cfg->hostid_len)){
          snprintf(s, sizeof(s)-1, "X-Piler-Envelope-To: %s\n", session->rcptto[i]);
          if(write(session->fd, s, strlen(s)) == -1) syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "ERROR: %s: cannot write envelope to address", session->ttmpfile);
diff --git a/src/smtp.c b/src/smtp.c
index db01f186..6ce3620b 100644
--- a/src/smtp.c
+++ b/src/smtp.c
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ void process_data(struct smtp_session *session, char *buf, int buflen){
 
 void wait_for_ssl_accept(struct smtp_session *session){
    int rc;
-   char ssl_error[SMALLBUFSIZE];
 
    if(session->cfg->verbosity >= _LOG_DEBUG) syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "waiting for ssl handshake");
 
@@ -106,6 +105,8 @@ void wait_for_ssl_accept(struct smtp_session *session){
    }
 
    if(session->cfg->verbosity >= _LOG_DEBUG || session->net.use_ssl == 0){
+      char ssl_error[SMALLBUFSIZE];
+
       ERR_error_string_n(ERR_get_error(), ssl_error, SMALLBUFSIZE);
       syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "SSL_accept() result, rc=%d, errorcode: %d, error text: %s",
              rc, SSL_get_error(session->net.ssl, rc), ssl_error);
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index 68454a84..143d5762 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -68,12 +68,11 @@ int query_counters(struct session_data *sdata, struct stats *stats){
 
 int get_last_email_archived_timestamp(struct session_data *sdata, struct stats *stats){
    int rc=ERR;
-   unsigned long arrived=86400;
    struct sql sql;
 
    // By default we haven't archived a mail a day ago, and this value should represent an error
    time(&(sdata->now));
-   arrived = sdata->now - 86400;
+   unsigned long arrived = sdata->now - 86400;
 
    if(prepare_sql_statement(sdata, &sql, "select arrived from metadata order by id desc limit 1") == ERR) return rc;
 
@@ -134,12 +133,13 @@ void sphinx_queries(struct session_data *sdata, struct stats *stats){
 
 void count_error_emails(struct stats *stats){
    DIR *dir;
-   struct dirent *de;
    struct stat st;
-   char buf[SMALLBUFSIZE];
 
    dir = opendir(ERROR_DIR);
    if(dir){
+      struct dirent *de;
+      char buf[SMALLBUFSIZE];
+
       while((de = readdir(dir))){
          if(strcmp(de->d_name, ".") == 0 || strcmp(de->d_name, "..") == 0) continue;
 
diff --git a/src/store.c b/src/store.c
index 2cfc5e4b..d8c1a14e 100644
--- a/src/store.c
+++ b/src/store.c
@@ -213,12 +213,10 @@ ENDE:
 
 
 int remove_stored_message_files(struct session_data *sdata, struct parser_state *state, struct config *cfg){
-   int i;
    char s[SMALLBUFSIZE];
 
    if(state->n_attachments > 0){
-
-      for(i=1; i<=state->n_attachments; i++){
+      for(int i=1; i<=state->n_attachments; i++){
          snprintf(s, sizeof(s)-1, "%s/%02x/%c%c%c/%c%c/%c%c/%s.a%d", cfg->queuedir, cfg->server_id, sdata->ttmpfile[8], sdata->ttmpfile[9], sdata->ttmpfile[10], sdata->ttmpfile[RND_STR_LEN-4], sdata->ttmpfile[RND_STR_LEN-3], sdata->ttmpfile[RND_STR_LEN-2], sdata->ttmpfile[RND_STR_LEN-1], sdata->ttmpfile, i);
 
          if(cfg->verbosity >= _LOG_DEBUG) syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "%s: unlinking %s", sdata->ttmpfile, s);
diff --git a/src/tai.c b/src/tai.c
index 344ee094..ddad8c70 100644
--- a/src/tai.c
+++ b/src/tai.c
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include "tai.h"
 
-static char hex[16] = "0123456789abcdef";
-
 
 void tai_pack(char *s, struct tai *t){
    uint64 x = t->x;
@@ -50,21 +48,3 @@ void taia_now(struct taia *t){
    t->nano = 1000 * now.tv_usec + 500;
    t->atto = 0;
 }
-
-
-void tai_timestamp(char *s){
-   struct tai now;
-   char nowpack[TAI_PACK];
-   int i;
-
-   now.x = 4611686018427387914ULL + (uint64)time((long *) 0);
-
-   tai_pack(nowpack, &now);
-
-   for (i = 0;i < 8;++i) {
-      *(s+i*2) = hex[(nowpack[i] >> 4) & 15];
-      *(s+i*2+1) = hex[nowpack[i] & 15];
-   }
-
-   *(s+2*TAI_PACK) = '\0';
-}
diff --git a/src/test.c b/src/test.c
index e3cce722..fc0baa8c 100644
--- a/src/test.c
+++ b/src/test.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ void usage(){
 
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv){
-   int i, c;
+   int i;
    time_t retention_seconds=0;
    struct stat st;
    struct session_data sdata;
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
             {0,0,0,0}
          };
 
-      int option_index = 0;
-
+      int c, option_index = 0;
 
       c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:m:a:hv?", long_options, &option_index);
 #else
diff --git a/suppressions.txt b/suppressions.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cfe66005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/suppressions.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+unusedFunction:src/cfg.c:20
+unusedFunction:src/memc.c:288
+unusedFunction:src/message.c:138
+unreadVariable:src/pilerexport.c:326
+unusedFunction:src/sig.c:33
+unusedFunction:src/sig.c:38
+unusedFunction:src/sig.c:44
diff --git a/unit_tests/check_misc.c b/unit_tests/check_misc.c
index 96a5bb03..bbcda359 100644
--- a/unit_tests/check_misc.c
+++ b/unit_tests/check_misc.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static void test_create_id(){
 static void test_split(){
    unsigned int i;
    int result;
-   char *p, buf[SMALLBUFSIZE];
+   char buf[SMALLBUFSIZE];
 
    struct test_data_s_s_i test_data_s_s_i[] = {
       { "hello\nworld\n", "world\n", 1 },
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static void test_split(){
    TEST_HEADER();
 
    for(i=0; i<sizeof(test_data_s_s_i)/sizeof(struct test_data_s_s_i); i++){
-      p = split(test_data_s_s_i[i].s1, '\n', buf, sizeof(buf)-1, &result);
+      chat *p = split(test_data_s_s_i[i].s1, '\n', buf, sizeof(buf)-1, &result);
 
       if(p){ ASSERT(strcmp(buf, "hello") == 0 && strcmp(p, test_data_s_s_i[i].s2) == 0 && result == test_data_s_s_i[i].result, test_data_s_s_i[i].s1); }
       else { ASSERT(p == NULL && result == test_data_s_s_i[i].result, test_data_s_s_i[i].s1); }
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static void test_split(){
 
 static void test_split_str(){
    unsigned int i;
-   char *p, buf[SMALLBUFSIZE];
+   char buf[SMALLBUFSIZE];
 
    struct test_data_s_s test_data_s_s[] = {
       { "aaaXXbbbXX", "bbbXX" },
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static void test_split_str(){
    TEST_HEADER();
 
    for(i=0; i<sizeof(test_data_s_s)/sizeof(struct test_data_s_s); i++){
-      p = split_str(test_data_s_s[i].s, "XX", buf, sizeof(buf)-1);
+      char *p = split_str(test_data_s_s[i].s, "XX", buf, sizeof(buf)-1);
 
       if(p){ ASSERT(strcmp(buf, "aaa") == 0 && strcmp(test_data_s_s[i].result, p) == 0, test_data_s_s[i].s); }
       else { ASSERT(strcmp(buf, "aaa") == 0 && p == NULL, test_data_s_s[i].s); }
diff --git a/unit_tests/smtp.c b/unit_tests/smtp.c
index d71a69b8..1053cd38 100644
--- a/unit_tests/smtp.c
+++ b/unit_tests/smtp.c
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ void connect_to_smtp_server(char *server, int port, struct data *data){
    char port_string[8], buf[MAXBUFSIZE];
    struct addrinfo hints, *res;
 
-   data->net->socket = -1;
-
    if(data == NULL) return;
 
+   data->net->socket = -1;
+
    snprintf(port_string, sizeof(port_string)-1, "%d", port);
 
    memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static void test_smtp_commands_period_command_in_its_own_packet(char *server, in
 
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv){
-   int c, port=25;
+   int port=25;
    char *server=NULL;
    struct data data;
    struct net net;
@@ -384,9 +384,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
 
       int option_index = 0;
 
-      c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:s:p:t:lh?", long_options, &option_index);
+      int c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:s:p:t:lh?", long_options, &option_index);
 #else
-      c = getopt(argc, argv, "c:s:p:t:lh?");
+      int c = getopt(argc, argv, "c:s:p:t:lh?");
 #endif