How to stop every exe from being flagged as a virus?

Paul Houselander paul_houselander at BRISTOL-LEA.ORG.UK
Wed Mar 26 13:28:41 GMT 2003


You can set up a ruleset to have different filename.rules.conf files for
different users, see "Filename Rules" in MailScanner.conf and allow exe
files or if the files are always called the same then add an entry to
filename.rules.conf to allow that specific filename.

Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jody Cleveland" <Cleveland at MAIL.WINNEFOX.ORG>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 1:16 PM
Subject: How to stop every exe from being flagged as a virus?


> Hello,
>
> Is there any way to stop having every .exe attachment from being shot down
> in flames? We have a few users who transfer files back and forth, so it's
> been an issue for them. I'm using mailscanner with f-prot on redhat 8.
>
> --
> Jody Cleveland
> (cleveland at winnefox.org)
>
> Winnefox Library System
> Computer Support Specialist
>
> --
> This message has been scanned for viruses and
> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> believed to be clean.


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