Filename rules

[Mike Kercher]

Issuing a 'service MailScanner reload' should make MailScanner reread all of
its configurations.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
Of Robert Fitzpatrick
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 10:52 AM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Filename rules


Does sendmail have to be restarted in order to get changes to the
filename.rules.conf file to take affect. I added an allow statement that did
not work in allowing a certain extension to be allowed. I put it in the
allow section atop the file prior to any deny statements. I then tried to
comment out (# in front of the line) the deny statement found in the
VirusWarning.txt file indicating the rule that intercepted the attachment.
Again, same response, the file attachment was replaced. I am only restarted
Mailscanner after making changes and curious to know if sendmail needs to be
restarted. If that is the case, I'll just restart tonight after hours. If
not, here is my allow statement:

allow   \.icx$                  -       -

The files being replaced have this extension (is it case sensitive?).
However, like I said above, I tried to comment out the following line and it
still intercepted the file:

# deny  \.[a-z][a-z0-9]{2,3}\.[a-z0-9]{3}$      Found possible filename
hiding               Attempt to hide real filename extension

The VirusWarning.txt file indicates this is the rule intercepting the
message:

Attempt to hide real filename extension in ABH_CORRECTIONS_080403.PDF.ICX

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Robert