Suggested addition to default filename and filetype rules

[Remco Barendse]

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Thanks for the heads up! I completely forgot to block those too.

Shouldn't there be a $ at the end of the \.wm[adsvz]$ stuff however?

Cheers!
Remco

On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, James Gray wrote:

> Maybe it's just our site, but was there a reason Windows Media files were left
> out when Quicktime/MPEG/etc were included for denial?
>
> For the archives, here's what we have in our (modified) rules:
>
> <<< filename.rules.conf >>>
> # Deny Windows Media etc
> deny  \.wm[adsvz]   Windows Media Format    We don't allow Windows Media Files
> deny  \.w[av]x      Windows Media Format    No Windows media metafile links
> deny  \.as[fx]      Windows Media Format    We don't allow Windows Media Files
>
> <<< filetype.rules.conf >>>
> deny  ASF           No Windows Media        No Windows Media files allowed
>
> As always, fields are separated by *TABS*.
>
> After files have been modified, restart MailScanner.  Voila - bye-bye Windows
> media :)  BTW, I realise I could probably write a nice funky regex to combine
> all the various incantations of wma/wmd/.../wvx but I figured three rules
> wouldn't drastically hit the performance.
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
>
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