Don't scan outgoing mail

Martin Sapsed m.sapsed at BANGOR.AC.UK
Thu Jul 4 10:32:06 IST 2002


> Matt Doherty wrote:
>
> I have a issue where a department is usually sending *.reg files to
> itself.. ex: joeshmoe at hotdogs.com sending to >> jim at hotdogs.com;
> joe at hotdogs.com; brian at hotdogs.com with a .reg extension attachment that
> mailscanner always scoops up. . Gee I guess I'm hungry to use this as a
> dumb example.. Is there a way to NOT scan mail sent to and from its own
> domain peers? And have mailscanner just scan mail that's departing from
> its domain and entering its domain instead? Im afriad to allow .reg files
> to be left alone and have someone send us a .reg extention virus from
> outside our domain.

Simpler to tell the people who need to send .reg files to rename them with
e.g. .txt on the end first?

Cheers,

Martin

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Martin Sapsed                           To have no errors
Information Services                    Would be life without meaning
University of Wales, Bangor, LL57 2UX   No struggle, no joy.



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