MailScanner block zip attach file

Meshbah Uddin Ahmed meshbahuddin at YAHOO.COM
Tue Jun 21 12:03:20 IST 2005


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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.




--- Glenn Steen <glenn.steen at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> On 6/21/05, Meshbah Uddin Ahmed
> <meshbahuddin at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I use Postfix + MailScanner + ClamAV +
> SpamAssassin in
> > Debian. All are works fine. I faced a problem,
> when i
> > want to send mail with zip attach included .exe,
> > mailscanner blocks it. But if i create that folder
> > with tgz extension then it successfully send.
> > 
> > In my filenames.rules.conf file, both /.zip and
> > /.t?gz
> > are allowed.
> > 
> > Plaese advice me, what should i do to recover it.
> > 
> > Reagrds
> > Meshbah
> > 
> Hm, shouldn't the tgz-ball have been stoped too?
> Anyway, if you read
> the comments just above
> Maximum Archive Depth = 
> you'll see that you should perhaps set it to 0.
> 
> -- 
> -- Glenn
> email: glenn < dot > steen < at > gmail < dot > com
> work: glenn < dot > steen < at > ap1 < dot > se
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