deny allow rules

[Julian Field]

At 23:02 01/03/2004, you wrote:
>Hello,
>Perhaps this question has already been answered - I have been unable to yet
>find an answer in the archives.
>
>Is it possible to deny all .zip files but allow a .zip with a specified
>name?
>
>I tried the following in filename.rules.conf:
>allow   ^test\.zip$        -       -
>deny   \.zip$          -       -
>
>But the deny always seems to be applied.  Is there a way to set an override
>for an allow?
>
>I thought order in the file might have an impact but deny always was
>applied regardless of which statement came first.

It does indeed check the rules in the order they are given in the file.
Check to ensure you have separated the "fields" on each of those 2 lines
with tabs and not just spaces. It is the one place in MailScanner where you
have to use tabs, as each of the output strings will normally contain
spaces, so MailScanner can't work out where to split up the line.


>Thanks in advance for assistance with this question.
>
>-KK

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