Problem s with allowing exe-attachments for a signel domain

[Alex Neuman van der Hans]

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John Bergbom wrote:
> 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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