Allowing Executables in ZIP files

Annabel Maseko annabel at ZAMNET.ZM
Tue Apr 13 13:15:03 IST 2004


Ok. Thanks. Will try that.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Plant, Dean
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 1:08 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: [MAILSCANNER] Allowing Executables in ZIP files
>
> Annabel Maseko wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I am running MailScanner 4.28.6. I have set
> >
> > Maximum Archive Depth = 0
> >
> > From the explanation given in Mailscanner.conf, I assume that
> > MailScanner should not unpack the archive in order to check the
> > filenames and filetypes which the archive depth is set to 0.
> >
> > I have noticed that despite this setting, MailScanner still checks the
> > filenames and filetypes and blocks them accordingly.
> >
> > Is there anything else I need to do for it to work correctly?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Annabel.
>
> I think 4.28.6 had a bug with the archive depth, an upgrade should fix it.
>
> Dean
>
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