filename.rules.conf Need to allow .exe without receiving {Virus?} in the Subject

[Julian Field]

In the filename.rules.conf file, the 4 "fields" in each line must be
separated by tab characters and not just spaces. This is the most likely
cause of the problem you are seeing.

At 15:57 26/12/2002, you wrote:
>I am running MailScanner 4.10-1 on RedHat 7.3.  After commenting out the
>deny lines I ran the following commands to restart MailScanner:
>
>"service sendmail stop" "chkconfig sendmail off" "chkconfig MailScanner
>on" "service MailScanner start"
>
>I was still receiving the {Virus?} in the subject line so I restarted the
>server and still continue to receive {Virus?} in the subject line.  I am a
>new user to RedHat and MailScanner so if there is any info I am leaving
>out that would be helpful please let me know.  Thanks again for the response.
>
>
>
>  Matthew Bowman <mbowman at UDCOM.COM> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Changing deny to allow or commenting out the deny lines then restarting
>MailScanner should have worked.
>
>What version of MS are you running, platform etc?
>
>Matthew
>
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>lester lasad
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>I would like to allow certain file types that were originally set to deny
>in /etc/MailScaner/filename.rules.conf. I tried to rem out "#" the two
>deny lines listed below but the subject is still listing {Virus?} in the
>subject line. I also tried adding the 2 allow lines below to see if that
>would help but still no luck. ! I have also restarted MailScanner and
>rebooted the server after making the changes. Does anyone have any
>recommendations? Thanks for any suggestions.
>
>
>allow \.com$ - -
>allow \.exe$ - -
>
>
># These 2 added by popular demand - Very often used by viruses
># deny \.com$ Windows/DOS Executable
># deny \.exe$ Windows/DOS Executable
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