Problem with MS blocking legit attachments

[Ugo Bellavance]

Jason Williams wrote:

> Hello everyone.
>
> This morning, MS started to block legitimate emails attached with .doc
> files. So far, I have had 3 blocked today.
> They are all .doc files (all resumes actually) and im trying to figure out
> why they are being blocked.
>
> Looking through the logs as well as MailWatch, I see this in the headers
> field:
>
>
> MailScanner: Attempt to hide real filename extension (Resume.kari.doc)
>
>
> I can't release it from quarantine, as it gets put right back into the
> quarantine directory.

You can make a ruleset to _not_ scan mail from 127.0.0.1, so that you
can release it.

>
> I've looked through my .conf file, but haven't been able to figure out what
> this is happening.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> System:
>
> FreeBSD 4.9
> MS 4.29.7
> Sendmail 8.12.11
>
> I appreciate it
>
> Jason
>
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