Send Web pages

[Julian Field]

   # Look for text/html sections
   my $type = $entity->head->mime_attr('content-type');
   my $disposition = $entity->head->mime_attr('content-disposition');
   $disposition = 'inline' unless $disposition;
   if ($type && $type =~ /text\/html/i &&
       $disposition !~ /attachment/i &&
       defined($entity->body) && defined($entity->bodyhandle->path)) {
     $counter += SearchHTMLBody($message, $id, $entity->bodyhandle->path,
                                $allowiframes, $allowobjects);
   }

At 16:43 26/11/2002, you wrote:
>Julian,
>
>The code I have is quite different than the one being patched:
>   # Look for text/html sections
>   if ($entity->head->mime_attr('content-type') =~ /text\/html/i &&
>       defined($entity->body) && defined($entity->bodyhandle->path)) {
>     $counter += SearchHTMLBody($message, $id, $entity->bodyhandle->path,
>                                $allowiframes, $allowobjects);
>   }
>
>I'm running mailscanner-4.05-3.  How should I patch it?
>
>Denis
>
>Le mar 26/11/2002 à 10:15, Julian Field a écrit :
> > What I have done is stop the iframe and codebase checks from being done to
> > attachments. After all, it is only in inline content that they are 
> dangerous.
> > (Unless someone has thoughts to the contrary?)
> >
> > The fix will be in the next release. But if you need it now, it's a dead
> > simple patch to SweepContent.pm:
> >
> > ---
> > /root/unstable/mailscanner/mailscanner/bin/MailScanner/SweepContent.pm
> > Sun Nov 24 12:40:17 2002
> > +++ SweepContent.pm     Tue Nov 26 15:27:15 2002
> > @@ -223,7 +223,10 @@
> >
> >     # Look for text/html sections
> >     my $type = $entity->head->mime_attr('content-type');
> > +  my $disposition = $entity->head->mime_attr('content-disposition');
> > +  $disposition = 'inline' unless $disposition;
> >     if ($type && $type =~ /text\/html/i &&
> > +      $disposition !~ /attachment/i &&
> >         defined($entity->body) && defined($entity->bodyhandle->path)) {
> >       $counter += SearchHTMLBody($message, $id, $entity->bodyhandle->path,
> >                                  $allowiframes, $allowobjects,
> >
> >
> > At 13:54 26/11/2002, you wrote:
> > >Jim,
> > >
> > >No it isn't.  If you send the page (not a link to one) you receive HTML
> > >code.
> > >
> > >I have just tested it (send page and send link) and the link came OK but
> > >the page was rejected because of an "Object Codebase" in it.
> > >
> > >That was fine except for the sending of an email saying that my PC was
> > >probably infected and should be checked.
> > >
> > >People shouldn't receive notifications if they send HTML attachments
> > >with "Object Codebase" in them (this is not a virus).
> > >
> > >Julian, how could we add them to the "Silent Viruses" rule?
> > >
> > >Denis
> > >
> > >Le lun 25/11/2002 à 17:32, Jim Levie a écrit :
> > > > On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 11:28, Miguel Fernando Montoya Martinez wrote:
> > > > > Hi, i can´t send web pages from Outlook express because my e-mail 
> server
> > > > > return: Warning: E-mail viruses detected, I have mailscanner +
> > > sendmail, and
> > > > > the same page can to send from other e-mail server (mailscan 
> (mcfee) +
> > > > > exchange) with the same dat version.
> > > > >
> > > > MailScanner is objecting to OutLook is "sending the webpage" as a .lnk
> > > > file. You can allow that by editing the filename rules.
> > >--
> > >Denis Beauchemin, analyste
> > >Université de Sherbrooke, S.T.I.
> > >T: 819.821.8000x2252 F: 819.821.8045
>--
>Denis Beauchemin, analyste
>Université de Sherbrooke, S.T.I.
>T: 819.821.8000x2252 F: 819.821.8045

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