Children and Mailscanner halting & atachments

[Howard Robinson]

On 24 Mar 04, at 16:54, Julian Field wrote:

> Are you sure it doesn't contain a password-protected archive attachment?
Yes and I can email them separately
> Also, what version of MailScanner are you running?
4.29.2-1
>There was a bug related
> to this in at least one of the betas, it may have been in others too.
>
> At 16:37 24/03/2004, you wrote:
> >On 24 Mar 04, at 16:12, Julian Field wrote:
> >Thanks Julian & Kevin re Children
> >Re attachments here is the header & message I get as sender (to my self)
> >of the 10 attachments Header-- MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: {Blocked
> >Content} test Reply-to: hrobinson at harper-adams.ac.uk
> >X-Confirm-Reading-To: hrobinson at harper-adams.ac.uk X-pmrqc: 1 Priority:
> >normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.11)
> >X-HAUC-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more
> >information X-HAUC-MailScanner: Found to be infected
> >X-HAUC-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=- 3.3,
> >required 5,
> >         BAYES_01 -5.40, MIME_MISSING_BOUNDARY 1.33,
> >         MSG_ID_ADDED_BY_MTA_2 0.79)
> >X-HAUC-MailScanner-From: howard at harper-adams.ac.uk
> >X-PMFLAGS: 570957952 0 1 Y024AF.CNM
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; name="VirusWarning.txt"
> >Content-Disposition: inline; filename="VirusWarning.txt"
> >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> >
> >Message
> >Warning: This message has had one or more attachments removed
> >Warning: (the entire message).
> >Warning: Please read the "VirusWarning.txt" attachment(s) for more
> >information.
> >
> >This is a message from the MailScanner E-Mail Virus Protection Service
> >----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >The original e-mail message contained potentially dangerous content,
> >which has been removed for your safety. The content is dangerous as it is
> >often used to spread viruses or to gain personal or confidential
> >information from you, such as passwords or credit card numbers. If you
> >wish to receive a copy of the original email, please e-mail helpdesk and
> >include the whole of this message in your request. Alternatively, you can
> >call them, with the contents of this message to hand when you call.
> >
> >At Wed Mar 24 16:21:17 2004 the content filters said:
> >    MailScanner: Message contained password-protected archive
> >
> >Note to Help Desk: Look on the HAUC MailScanner in
> >/var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine/20040324 (message i2OGKZ25032109). --
> >
> >Bye the way they do not have password protection.
> >Total size is ~6mb. Sendmail set for 15mb limit.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > >
> > > >3) If I send multiple attachments I get {blocked content} if I send
> > > >them separately they go through. I have maximum number of attachments
> > > >set to 200 but am only attaching 10!
> > >
> > > What does the attachment report actually say? "{blocked content}" can
> > > be created by a whole load of things, you need to be more specific. --
> > > Julian Field www.MailScanner.info MailScanner thanks transtec
> > > Computers for their support
> > >
> > > PGP footprint: EE81 D763 3DB0 0BFD E1DC 7222 11F6 5947 1415 B654
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Howard Robinson (Senior Technical Development Officer) Harper Adams
> >University College Edgmond Newport Shropshire TF10 8NB UK
> >
> >E-mail: hrobinson at harper-adams.ac.uk Tel.  : +44(0)1952 820280 Via
> >switchboard       : +44(0)1952 815253 Direct line Fax.  : +44(0)1952
> >814783 College Web site
> ><http://www.harper-adams.ac.uk>http://www.harper-adams.ac.uk <br>
> >
> ></blockquote></x-html>
>
>
> --
> Julian Field
> www.MailScanner.info
> MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
>
> PGP footprint: EE81 D763 3DB0 0BFD E1DC 7222 11F6 5947 1415 B654
>




Regards

Howard Robinson
(Senior Technical Development Officer)
Harper Adams University College
Edgmond
Newport
Shropshire
TF10 8NB UK

E-mail: hrobinson at harper-adams.ac.uk
Tel.  : +44(0)1952 820280 Via switchboard
      : +44(0)1952 815253 Direct line
Fax.  : +44(0)1952 814783
College Web site http://www.harper-adams.ac.uk