Blocked filename attachments

[Stephen Swaney]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Michael Mansour
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:33 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Blocked filename attachments
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Currently I have my system blocking the following
> filetypes in the filetypes.rules.conf file:
> 
> deny    MPEG            No MPEG movies          No
> MPEG movies allowed
> deny    AVI             No AVI movies           No AVI
> movies allowed
> 
> I want to allow them through for a particular domain
> _only_, while keeping the default behaviour for every
> other domain, but I don't quite understand how to do
> this from the explanation given in the
> MailScanner.conf file:
> 
> # Set where to find the attachment filetype ruleset.
> # The structure of this file is explained elsewhere,
> but it is used to
> # accept or reject file attachments based on their
> content as determined
> # by the "file" command, regardless of whether they
> are infected or not.
> #
> # This can also point to a ruleset, but the ruleset
> filename must end in
> # ".rules" so that MailScanner can determine if the
> filename given is
> # a ruleset or not!
> #
> # To disable this feature, set this to just "Filetype
> Rules =" or set
> # the location of the file command to a blank string.
> Filetype Rules = %etc-dir%/filetype.rules.conf
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Michael.
>

There is a well documented solution it the Wiki
http://wiki.mailscanner.info/doku.php 

The solution:

http://wiki.mailscanner.info/doku.php?id=documentation:configuration:ruleset
s:overloading&s=filename.rules 
 
Hope this helps,

Steve

Stephen Swaney
Fort Systems Ltd.
stephen.swaney at fsl.com
www.fsl.com

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