Rules for filenames / file types

Martin Hepworth martinh at solidstatelogic.com
Tue Dec 5 16:51:39 GMT 2006


Ed Wallig wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I am currently blocking .gif files using a deny statement in my 
> filename.rules.conf file to keep the image spam out. This is working 
> great but it is also blocking things that my users don't want blocked. 
> Is there a way to write a rule that allows gif files from certain email 
> domains (and/or addresses) to pass without getting stripped? It needs to 
> also allow outgoing email from my domain to pass w/o getting gif files 
> stripped out (girls in the admin office complaining about their 
> signatures and stationary).
>  
>  
> Thanks,
>  
>  - Ed
>  
> 
> //
>  
> 
>  
> 
I'd look at the SARE rules, URI-RBL's DCC etc for doing this. Works 
great for me, without touching all the heavy FuzzyOCR code at all.


-- 
Martin Hepworth
Senior Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300

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