filename rules inside of an archive

[Julian Field]

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At 16:41 09/09/2004, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm pretty new to MailScanner and its wonderful ways.  I hope this
>question is not a tired one:
>
>I need to configure MailScanner so that it will check the contents of
>all archives against filename.rules.conf (as it does by default), except
>I need to make an exception for zip file contents.  In
>filename.rules.conf I have .exe files banned.  I want to allow them to
>pass in .zip files, provided that they pass my virus scanner (ClamAV).
>For the time being I set Maximum Archive Depth = 0 in order to avoid
>filename checks in Zips outright (a bad temp solution).  How would one
>go about such a setup (if it is possible)?

Sorry, the "Maximum Archive Depth=0" is the best solution. I contemplated
adding a second entire set of filename and filetype rules, for checking
against archive contents. However, it was agreed at the time that so few
people would actually want to be able to do this that it would just add
confusion without adding much extra useful functionality.

I want to make MailScanner flexible, but if I add too much configuration
then people just don't understand how to use it and the extra flexibility
is never used. How many people know how to change the font used it "Ok"
buttons in Xt applications? Yes, you can do it, someone may need to, but
no-one ever does use the fine-grained configuration in X applications
because it is too darned hard and no-one understands how it works.

Also, more configuration options = more code to execute = slower :-(
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Julian Field
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