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

[Rick Cooper]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> Behalf Of Dan Farmer
> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 12:39 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Password protected file - PW protected XLS, PDF & MDB files
> blocked - why?
>
>
> 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...?)

It just blocks protected archives and isn't relevant to his problem

>
> 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.
>

This is the correct place and the topic as well as the solution is in last
week's archive, but I can't recall exactly what goes into the "Allowed
Sophos Error Messages". I *think* Julian added the information to the latest
MailScanner.conf section.

Rick


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