Fragmented messages

[Glenn Steen]

    [ The following text is in the "ISO-8859-1" character set. ]
    [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set.  ]
    [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ]

On 29/08/05, Venkatesh.S <venkatesh_s at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>  hello all,
> 
> can i know why these happen, which i got the report below, coz there r mails
> which r important to me, can anyone explain me this , its very important to
> know.  
> " Report: MailScanner: Fragmented messages cannot be scanned and are
> removed."
> 
> regards
> venkatesh
>  
>  
>  -- 
>  Venkatesh.S
>  venkatesh_s at fastmail.fm
> 
> -- 
> http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service

I do believe it is this.... from MailScanner.conf:

# Do you want to allow partial messages, which only contain a fraction of
# the attachments, not the whole thing? There is absolutely no way to
# scan these "partial messages" properly for viruses, as MailScanner never
# sees all of the attachment at the same time. Enabling this option can
# allow viruses through. You have been warned.
# This can also be the filename of a ruleset so you can, for example, allow
# them in outgoing mail but not in incoming mail.
Allow Partial Messages = no

.... So if you need them to go through, make a ruleset allowing
partial messages for the recipients and/or senders that "need" this.
Or just plain say "yes", but as stated.... you expose yourself to risk then.

-- 
-- Glenn
email: glenn < dot > steen < at > gmail < dot > com
work: glenn < dot > steen < at > ap1 < dot > se

------------------------ MailScanner list ------------------------
To unsubscribe, email jiscmail at jiscmail.ac.uk with the words:
'leave mailscanner' in the body of the email.
Before posting, read the Wiki (http://wiki.mailscanner.info/) and
the archives (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/mailscanner.html).

Support MailScanner development - buy the book off the website!