Disarming HTML tags -- mine isn't working?

[Ugo Bellavance]

Leonard Hermens wrote:

> I have the following settings in MailScanner.conf:
>
> Allow IFrame Tags = yes
> Log IFrame Tags = yes
> Allow Form Tags = disarm
> Allow Script Tags = disarm
> Allow Object Codebase Tags = disarm
> Convert Dangerous HTML To Text = yes
> Convert HTML To Text = no
>
> which I thought would alter the form and script tags. However, when I send
> a .htm (HTML) attachment, the "disarm" appears not to have any effect on
> the file.
>
> Is there another setting in the MailScanner configuration files that I
> might be missing or I am not understanding how this works? (I have looked
> through the archives and it seems so straightforward.)
>
> A log of a sample attachment being processed is shown below.
>
> -- Leonard
>
> Apr 15 20:36:55 clk MailScanner[19304]: New Batch: Scanning 1 messages,
> 6870 bytes
> Apr 15 20:36:59 clk MailScanner[19304]: Virus and Content Scanning:
> Starting
> Apr 15 20:36:59 clk MailScanner[19304]: Filename Checks: Allowing
> i3G3atY26419 msg-19304-358.txt
> Apr 15 20:36:59 clk MailScanner[19304]: Filename Checks: Allowing
> i3G3atY26419 index.htm (no rule matched)
> Apr 15 20:36:59 clk MailScanner[19304]: Uninfected: Delivered 1 messages
>
Did you have any dangerous tags?  Have you checked if they're still
there after being processed?

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hth

Ugo