.exe in zip getting rejected...

Rob rob at THEHOSTMASTERS.COM
Wed Oct 13 19:59:04 IST 2004


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ok, cool,  thanks guys.....

;)

Rob....



----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Field" <jkf at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: .exe in zip getting rejected...


> It will still be scanned for viruses. Don't worry.
>
> At 19:27 13/10/2004, you wrote:
>>But will be scanned by antivirus ? or will be allowed to go ?
>>
>>
>>On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:20:09 -0500, Mike Kercher <mike at camaross.net>
>>wrote:
>> > Rob wrote:
>> > > I guess at some time I must have not allowed .exe in a .zip file???
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > But I need to allow this... in the filename rules I do not see
>> > > anything to modify other than allow .exe but I want .exe to be denied
>> > > but not in a zip....
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Any help appreciated...
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Rob....
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> >
>> > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
>> > Behalf Of Mark Spieth Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 1:09 PM
>> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>> > Subject: Re: .exe in zip getting rejected...
>> >
>> > Maximum Archive Depth = 0 in your Mailscanner.conf will tell the system
>> > not to look into the zip files.
>> > ________________________________
>> >
>> > What does this do in case the .zip file is infected?
>> >
>> > Mike
>
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