Allowing files whitelist

[Ugo Bellavance]

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : kfliong [mailto:kfliong at WOFS.COM]
> Envoyé : Monday, December 29, 2003 8:35 PM
> À : MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Objet : Re: Allowing files whitelist
> 
> 
> I have tried putting this line in filename.rules.conf
> 
> allow   \QEODSmt(doc).exe\E$    -       -
> 
> But the file is still getting through. Is it because 
> filetype.rules.conf is
> processed first? As filetype.rules.conf also filter out 
> anything with .exe
> extension. Or is my line there wrong?
filetype filters out files based on type.  If your file is an executable, and you have the default settings, it will be blocked.  filetype setting uses the file commands that uses the 'magic bits', usually at the beginning of a file, to determine its type.

hth
Ugo

> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> At 11:52 AM 12/26/2003, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >How do I allow this file, EODSmt(doc).exe, to go through 
> MailScanner? As I
> >know, brackets were not allowed in Perl scripts as file 
> name. So, how do I
> >make sure that this file can go through MailScanner as any 
> .exe files are
> >filtered.
> >
> >Can I put EODSmt*.exe ?
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> 
> thanks
>