filetype rule false positive

[Julian Field]

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Peter Peters wrote:

> Julian Field wrote on 22-2-2005 18:14:
>
>>> This isn't really a MailScanner issue. This is a problem with the
>>> "file"
>>> command and how it attempts to detect the mime content of messages.
>>> I've run
>>> into similar problems with certain text being picked up as AVI's. If it
>>> happens quite frequently, your best bet is to disable the file content
>>> detection.
>>>
>> Fortunately the users can easily work around it, just by adding a space
>> or a blank line at the start of their message.
>
>
> This sound like Microsoft telling people not to use the word begin at
> the beginning of a line. The recipients have the "problem" and the
> senders have to take action. It's not something my users like.

Yes, true. Sorry.
The best thing you can do is either tweak filetype.rules.conf to allow
windows executables, or improve the executable-detection in your "magic"
file (read "man magic"). There isn't much I can do about this as I
relying on "file" to do the hard work for me.

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