zip file question

Kristine Kimm kk at KEEPMEDIA.COM
Tue Mar 23 18:48:19 GMT 2004


How does this feature handle password protected zip files?  Can it be
configured to block a zip file it cannot open?

Thx,
KK

-----Original Message-----
From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
Of Chris Yuzik
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 10:36 AM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: zip file question

Rob,

Yes, MailScanner can be set to allow zips with .DOC files, etc. within
an email, but still reject zips with EXE files within.

Cheers,
Chris

Rob Freeman wrote:

>My boss just asked me a question about mailscanner.  Right now we are using
>xwall to filter out spam and virus's, but we are looking to move to
>mailscanner.  My question is can mailscanner only block zip files with
>certain extensions inside of them?  For instance, if a zip files comes in,
>and has a .exe extension in the zip, he wants that blocked, but allow a zip
>file that has a .doc extension on it.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Rob
>
>
>




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