Blocked filename attachments

[Julian Field]

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It is also well documented in the Book.
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On 14 Sep 2005, at 04:00, Michael Mansour wrote:

> Many thanks to the excellent replies and references.
> I've implemented it and it seems to be working fine.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael.
>
> --- Donovan Jones <d.jones at FX.NET.NZ> wrote:
>
>
>> On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 08:32 +1000, Michael Mansour
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>
>>
>> in /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
>>
>> you need to point to a file like this:
>>
>> ---cut here---
>> Filetype Rules = %rules-dir%/filetype.rules
>> ---cut here---
>>
>> then in this file (ie
>> /etc/MailScanner/rules/filetype.rules) you need:
>>
>> ---cut here---
>> To:     otherdomain.com
>> %etc-dir%/otherdomain.filetype.rules.conf
>> FromTo: default
>> %etc-dir%/filetype.rules.conf
>> ---cut here---
>>
>> The default ruleset has the defaults the otherdomain
>> ruleset can have
>> whatever you want for the domain concerned
>>
>> you can do the same thing with filename rules.
>>
>> Regards
>> Don Jones
>>
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