Password protected file - PW protected XLS, PDF & MDB files blocked - why?

[Dan Farmer]

On Jun 13, 2005, at 5:14 AM, Quentin Campbell wrote:

> Since upgrading to MS 4.43.2-1 and Sophos 3.94 am finding that  
> attempts
> to send password protected XLS, PDF and MDB files are being blocked.
>
> I have "Block Encrypted Messages = no" in MailScanner.conf so am at a
> loss to know how I can stop this behaviour. What I am seeing  
> appears to
> be different to that which Jeff Earickson reported earlier this  
> month as
> I am not getting an error from Sophos (or at least one I can see).
>
> Suggestions on workarounds welcomed.

check this setting:
Allow Password-Protected Archives = yes
(it was added when all those password protected zip viruses were  
coming outta the woodwork - I think it just blocks archives but maybe  
it also blocks other password protected content as well...?)

The only other thing that I can think is that if it really is Sophos  
(as the logs indicate), maybe you could look into the "Allowed Sophos  
Error Messages =" setting to add this error - but I'm not sure how  
this section all works, we don't use Sophos.

dan

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