File attachments

Colin Jack colin at mainline.co.uk
Thu Aug 24 13:52:34 IST 2006


Ahh ... light bulb above head!

Many thanks

Colin 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info 
> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf 
> Of sandrews at andrewscompanies.com
> Sent: 24 August 2006 13:35
> To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> Subject: RE: File attachments
> 
> This comes from /etc/MailScanner/filename.rules.conf, no? 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf 
> Of Colin Jack
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 6:04 AM
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: File attachments
> 
> Just thinking ... maybe this is a ClamAV issue rather than 
> MailScanner?
> 
> This is what the user is getting:
> 
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> 
> From: "MailScanner" <postmaster at server1.mainline.co.uk>
> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:37:01 +0100
> To: bren at fast-mail.net
> Subject: Warning: E-mail viruses detected
> 
> Our e-mail content detector has just been triggered by a message you
> sent:
>   To: peter.astley-sparke at personal-software.com
>   Subject: Re:Desktop icons
>   Date: Thu Aug 24 09:36:59 2006
> 
> One or more of the attachments (desktop 16 x 16.ico, desktop 
> 32x32.ico, desktop 32x32-1.ico, desktop 16 x 16-1.ico) are on 
> the list of unacceptable attachments for this site and will 
> not have been delivered.
> 
> Consider renaming the files to avoid this constraint.
> 
> The virus detector said this about the message:
> Report: Report: Possible buffer overflow in Windows (desktop 16 x
> 16.ico)
> Report: Possible buffer overflow in Windows (desktop 32x32.ico)
> Report: Possible buffer overflow in Windows (desktop 32x32-1.ico)
> Report: Possible buffer overflow in Windows (desktop 16 x 16-1.ico)
> 
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> 
> Any help gratefully received!
> 
> Colin
> 
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