Problem s with allowing exe-attachments for a signel domain

[Julian Field]

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At 15:08 31/08/2004, you wrote:
> > > 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.

That doesn't look like a MailScanner warning. Something else is going on too.

> > >
> > > 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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