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[Kurt Yoder]

Shane Kelly said:
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> Hi Kurt
> On Monday 25 August 2003 2:33 pm, Kurt Yoder wrote:
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>> So my response to this sobig garbage has been to install
>> mimedefang
>> (http://mimedefang.org) and block all mail containing "dangerous"
>> file name extensions such as .pif, .scr, etc. This way they are
>> rejected before they even get into the mail system. So far, so
>> good.
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>         Is it not possible to use MailScanners filename rules to
> block the dangerous
> stuff?

Possible, but I was having trouble getting Mailscanner to stop
forwarding the stripped message to our users. In any case, it is
nice to be able to block them before they are accepted by my
internet-facing email relay. So I'd like to continue to use both
solutions.

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Kurt Yoder
Sport & Health network administrator