Allowing specific executable files

[Matt Kettler]

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At 03:40 PM 9/27/2004, Renata D. Vieira wrote:
>I configured MailScanner in my server to deny all the executable files.
>However, there are 2 specific executable files those are send and received
>between our client and us.
>My question is: Is it possible in MailScanner to allow only these 2 specific
>executable files and to continue denying all the others?

Yes. Add an allow rule near the top of filename.rules.conf, before the deny
rule for all .exe files.

allow   file1\.exe$     -       -
allow   file2\.exe$     -       -

deny   \.exe$          Windows/DOS
Executable
Executable DOS/Windows programs are dangerous in email

Note: make sure to use tabs not spaces between fields.

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