Error in line 3 in filename.rules.conf

Billy A. Pumphrey bpumphrey at WOODMACLAW.COM
Tue Feb 3 19:46:37 GMT 2004


Thank you for your answers!!!!
I have not changed this file, and line 3 looks to be ok.

In the log I get this error:
Feb  3 14:39:43 MailScanner MailScanner[5743]: Possible syntax error on
line 3 o
f /etc/MailScanner/filename.rules.conf
Feb  3 14:39:43 MailScanner MailScanner[5743]: Remember to separate
fields with
tab characters!

# See http://office.microsoft.com/2000/articles/Out2ksecFAQ.htm for more
info.
deny    \.cnf$          Possible SpeedDial attack
                        SpeedDials are very dangerous in email
deny    \.hta$          Possible Microsoft HTML archive attack
                        HTML archives are very dangerous in email
deny    \.ins$          Possible Microsoft Internet Comm. Settings
attack
                        Windows Internet Settings are dangerous in email
deny    \.jse?$         Possible Microsoft JScript attack
                        JScript Scripts are dangerous in email
deny    \.lnk$          Possible Eudora *.lnk security hole attack
                        Eudora *.lnk security hole attack
deny    \.ma[dfgmqrstvw]$       Possible Microsoft Access Shortcut
attack
                        Microsoft Access Shortcuts are dangerous in
email
deny    \.pif$          Possible MS-Dos program shortcut attack
                        Shortcuts to MS-Dos programs are very dangerous
in email
deny    \.scf$          Possible Windows Explorer Command attack
                        Windows Explorer Commands are dangerous in email
deny    \.sct$          Possible Microsoft Windows Script Component
attack
                        Windows Script Components are dangerous in email
deny    \.shb$          Possible document shortcut attack
                        Shortcuts Into Documents are very dangerous in
email
deny    \.shs$          Possible Shell Scrap Object attack
                        Shell Scrap Objects are very dangerous in email
deny    \.vb[es]$       Possible Microsoft Visual Basic script attack
                        Visual Basic Scripts are dangerous in email
deny    \.ws[cfh]$      Possible Microsoft Windows Script Host attack
                        Windows Script Host files are dangerous in email
deny    \.xnk$          Possible Microsoft Exchange Shortcut attack
                        Microsoft Exchange Shortcuts are dangerous in
email




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