All zip files being denied in 4.28.-6

[Victor DiMichina]

Michael Freeman wrote:

>After upgrading to MailScanner 4.28-6 all zip files are being trashed by
>mailscanner. I did a test send to our server. I sent a zipped file which
>contained an exe file and we got a msg saying that zip files are not
>allowed. While mailscanner should be allowing zipped file it should only be
>trashing them if they contain a virus or if they are password protected by
>a virus. Some of our users are complaining that their attachments
>outbound/inbound are also not working anymore. I suspect those are also
>being trashed. What setting do we have to change in order to allow zip
>files but deny password protected files and viruses?
>
>

The way we have it set up is in both MailScanner.conf  and
filetype.rules.conf

filetype.rules.conf has "allow"  archives
MailScanner.conf has the setting to deny password-protected archives.

hope this helps

Vic