Filename rules

[Julian Field]

No, you can just do a "reload".
Check you have tabs between each of the 4 fields in the filename.rules.conf
file.

At 16:52 04/08/2003, you wrote:
>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?).

No.

>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
>
>--
>Robert

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