sophos passwd. protected xls files

[Jeff A. Earickson]

Been there, done that...

Set the following option in MailScanner.conf:

# allow encrypted Excel spreadsheets to pass thru
Allowed Sophos Error Messages = "File was encrypted"

My comment is included at no extra charge.  I'm running 4.50.15
on Solaris, it should work with earlier versions.

Jeff Earickson
Colby College

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Erik van der Leun wrote:

> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:33:05 +0100 (CET)
> From: Erik van der Leun <evanderleun at hal9000.nl>
> Reply-To: MailScanner discussion <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
> To: MailScanner Mailinglist <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
> Subject: sophos passwd. protected xls files
> 
> Hi,
>
> I'm having troubles with people sending password protected XLS files
> through our scanners. Sophos Sweep returns 'could not open...' and
> simply drops the email without any notification.
>
> Does anybody have experience with this?
> How can I resolve this?
>
> Kind regards,
> Erik van der Leun
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