Problem s with allowing exe-attachments for a signel domain
John Bergbom
d99-jbe at NADA.KTH.SE
Tue Aug 31 00:23:25 IST 2004
Hi!
I'm running a server with many domains, and one of our customers wants to
allow exe-attachments. I followed the steps in the FAQ, but it still
doesn't work for me. This is what I did:
In MailScanner.conf:
Filename Rules = %etc-dir%/rules/filename.rules
Filetype Rules = %etc-dir%/rules.filetype.rules
In rules/filename.rules:
To: *@domain.se %etc-dir%/filename.exeok.rules.conf
FromOrTo: default %etc-dir%/filename.rules.conf
In rules/filetype.rules:
To: *@domain.se %etc-dir%/filetype.exeok.rules.conf
FromOrTo: default %etc-dir%/filetype.rules.conf
In %etc-dir%/filename.rules.conf:
deny \.exe$ Windows/DOS Executable
In %etc-dir%/filename.exeok.rules.conf:
allow \.exe$ Windows/DOS Executable
In %etc-dir%/filetype.rules.conf:
deny executable No executables No programs allowed
In %etc-dir%/filename.exeok.rules.conf:
allow executable No executables No programs allowed
This has worked for others, but not for me. When I try to send an email to
test at domain.se I get this in return:
From: Mail Delivery System
Subject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender
This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
test at domain.se
This message has been rejected because it has
a potentially executable attachment "temp.exe"
This for of attachment has been used by recent
viruses or other malware. If you meant to send
this file then please package it up as a zip
file and resend it.
SOMETHING is working though, because in the returned header there is a
line:
X-yoursite-MailScanner: Not scanned: please contact your Internet E-Mail
Service Provider for details
So my problem is (from what I understand): The Filename Rules and Filetype
Rules lets the exe-attachment get through, but then there is something
else that stops the file from getting through, and I can't figure out what
it is. I tried to set Virus Scanning for all domains except the domain in
question, but the same error occurred.
Before I made any changes to the MailSCanner.conf-file I got the usual
yoursite-Attachment-Warning.txt message, saying the the attachment has
been replaced with a warning message.
Please help me with this, it's important for us, and I can't figure out
what is wrong, and I haven't been able to find an answer to this in the
FAQ or in the mailing list archives.
Regards
John
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