MailScanner block zip attach file

[Denis Beauchemin]

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Meshbah Uddin Ahmed wrote:

>In MailScannerc.onf, it was
>Maximum Archive Depth = 2
>
>i set it 0. then zip files sent. But if i attach zip
>file, which contains virus, it also sent, clamav didnt
>chk it.
>
>where as if i set Maximum Archive Depth = 2,
>MailScanner block all attach file which ext is .zip
>
>pls, advice.
>
>  
>
Are you sure there was a virus in your test zip file?  MailScanner virus 
scans all attachments, even zip files.  The Maximum Archive Depth 
parameter is just for MS' private use (filename and filetype tests).  No 
virus scanner will be affected by this.

Denis

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