Allowing specific executable files

[Spicer, Kevin]

Could you post the file as an attachment please 

-----Original Message-----
From: Renata D. Vieira [mailto:rdvieira at IMPACTOOLS.COM] 
Sent: 28 September 2004 15:22
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: RES: Allowing specific executable files

This is exactly what I need, but it didn't work. In /var/log/maillog, I
get the following error:

Sep 28 11:19:28 mail MailScanner[3212]: Possible syntax error on line 63
of /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/filename.rules.conf
Sep 28 11:19:28 mail MailScanner[3212]: Remember to separate fields with
tab characters!
Sep 28 11:19:28 mail MailScanner[3212]: Possible syntax error on line 64
of /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/filename.rules.conf
Sep 28 11:19:28 mail MailScanner[3212]: Remember to separate fields with
tab characters!

In the filename.conf.rules, the allow rule is:

allow   ImportWizard\.exe$      -       -
allow   ComsipUpload\.exe$      -       -

It's before the 'deny   \.exe$' rule and I'm using tabs between fields.

Could someone help me, please?

Thanks a lot.

Renata.




-----Mensagem original-----
De: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] Em nome
de Matt Kettler Enviada em: segunda-feira, 27 de setembro de 2004 17:13
Para: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Assunto: Re: Allowing specific executable files

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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