Not scaned .zip files

[Julian Field]

At 17:59 05/08/2003, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>scanned MS inside zip files and blocked for viruses? I can send mail with
>eicar.com file so to me arrived mail vith text:
>
>One or more of the attachments (eicar.com) are on
>the list of unacceptable attachments for this site and will not have
>been delivered.
>
>Consider renaming the files or putting them into a "zip" file to avoid
>                                               '------->
>this constraint.
>Can I do off??
>
>It comes to this thet pass virus inside zip?

If you put the file inside a zip file, then it will avoid the attachment
filename checks (filename.rules.conf) and the attachment filetype checks
(filetype.rules.conf). But it will still be scanned for viruses.


>I'm sorry for my bad English.

Your English is a lot better than my Czech! :-)

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