TNEF handling please help me

Pete pete at eatathome.com.au
Fri Apr 23 02:57:59 IST 2004


Apologies i didnt mean to send this yet :(

> I really want to drop these winmail.dat attachments silently - while
> sending a message to the sender, but NOT the recipient.
>
> I have tried the below settings But it doesnt work - will my spam
> checking rules ahve any effect? as the people we want to allow any spam
> from are the worst offenders of winmail.dat .

The error is sent to the sender and its sent to the recipient, which is
the bit i want to kill.

>
> Could anyone offer me any suggestions?
>
> Currently i have added the following to filename.rules.conf
>
> deny    \winmail.dat    Unwanted TNEF   YOU are sending mail from
> Incorrectly Configured Exchange server: WINMAIL.DAT
> files are not accepted at our company. Please see Microsoft support
> bulletin 241538 for how to configure your email cl
> ient or server to send properly formatted email to the Internet. (Turn
> off TNEF) Here is how Outlook users can turn of
> f TNEF: 1) On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Mail
> Format tab.  2) In the Send in this message forma
> t list, select Plain Text or HTML, and then click OK. Please forward
> this message to your administrator.
>
>
> Filename Modify Subject = no
> Virus Modify Subject = no
> Notify Senders Of Blocked Filenames Or Filetypes = yes
> Notify Senders = yes
> Mark infected Messages = no
>
> Spam Checks are based on ruleset
> From:   127.0.0.1       no
> From:   *@domain1.edu       no
> FromTo: default         yes
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