.exe

[Julian Field]

They are 2 separate checks. An attachment has to pass both tests to be
allowed through.

At 10:32 21/01/2004, you wrote:
>Do you not have to make sure your filetype.rules.conf is changed to reflect
>your changed policies as well?  Or does the filename check override the file
>type check?
>
>Phil
>
>---------------------------------------------
>Phil Randal
>Network Engineer
>Herefordshire Council
>Hereford, UK
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> > Behalf Of Jon Fraley
> > Sent: 20 January 2004 14:17
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: .exe
> >
> >
> > It looks like I am going may be forced to allow .exe files in
> > email.  I
> > just want to make sure that if I change deny to allow for .exe in the
> > filename.rules.conf that the file will still be scanned for
> > viruses and
> > quarantined if there is a virus.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jon
> >

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