Outgoing mail getting blocked

[Ed Wallig]

Thanks Scott, I'll have a look but won't that setting turn off the file
check feature for incoming mail as well?

 - Ed

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Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 5:09 PM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: Outgoing mail getting blocked

Ed Wallig spake the following on 12/7/2005 1:22 PM:
> Hi,
>  
> Using MailScanner and ClamAV - I sometimes need to send zipped 
> executables to my remote locations for software patches, etc (no FTP).
> MailScanner is catching the exe file in the zip file and kicking it 
> back. Granted, I can change the extension to .xyz or something like 
> that before zipping it but I'd like to write a rule that allows these 
> files from my domain if it comes from my internal mail server - is 
> that possible? If so, can someone provide an example?
>  
> If its not possible, is there another alternative that leaves the 
> extension scanning functionality in place but allows outbound delivery 
> for certain files?
>  
>  
> Thanks,
>  
>  - Ed Wallig
Ed,
Look for this in MailScanner.conf;

# The maximum depth to which zip archives will be unpacked, to allow for #
checking filenames and filetypes within zip archives.
#
# Note: This setting does *not* affect virus scanning in archives at all.
#
# To disable this feature set this to 0.
# A common useful setting is this option = 0, and Allow Password-Protected #
Archives = no. That block password-protected archives but does not do # any
filename/filetype checks on the files within the archive.
# This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
Maximum Archive Depth = 0



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