filetype rules

[Dave Filchak]

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Peter,

Thank you. That seemed to do the trick. I now also better understand how
the rules and conf files can be applied.

Cheers

Dave

Peter Bonivart wrote:

> Dave Filchak wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have searched the archives and cannot find specific reference to my
>> issue. I have the book but it is not with me at the moment. I need to
>> set up specific file type rules for a single domain. I do not want to
>> just allow all file types but specific ones like .zip, .wmv etc. I tried
>> to add a new file called filetype.rules2.conf and change the MailScanner
>> entry to point to this file. In this file I put
>>
>> FromOrTo:   *@domain.com   yes
>> FromOrTo:   default   %etc-dir%/filetype.rules.conf
>>
>> This did not work as it gave me syntax errors in the logs. So I then
>> renamed filetype.rules2.conf to filetype.rules and moved it into the
>> rules directory. However, this would allow all file types to this domain
>> and this is not what I am looking for. Can I use the same type of
>> language in this file that is used in the filetype.rules.conf file? Or,
>> if not, how would I approach this problem.
>
>
> MailScanner.conf:
> Filetype Rules = %rules-dir%/filetype.rules
>
> filetype.rules:
> FromOrTo:   *@domain.com   %etc-dir%/filetype.rules2.conf
> FromOrTo:   default   %etc-dir%/filetype.rules.conf
>
> Then you make the changes you need in filetype.rules2.conf.
>
> --
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>
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