Filetypes and filenames not being checked

DAve dave.list at pixelhammer.com
Fri Jul 28 15:45:55 IST 2006


DAve wrote:
> Golden, James wrote:
>> I'm pretty new to this MailScanner stuff, so this may be too simple.  So
>> please excuse me.  What about the file permissions on your
>> filename.rules.conf or filetype.rules.conf? 
> 
> I am in no position to question anyone's suggestions ;^)
> 
> bash-2.05b# ls -la
> total 388
> dr-xr-xr-x   7 root  cvs     1024 Jul 26 10:21 .
> drwxr-xr-x  16 root  wheel   1024 Jul 25 09:04 ..
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root  cvs      512 Aug  9  2004 CVS
> -rw-r--r--   1 root  cvs    99589 Jul 26 10:21 MailScanner.conf
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root  cvs      512 Jul 27 13:02 bayes
> -r--r--r--   1 root  wheel  11426 Jun  4 13:27 country.domains.conf
> -rw-r--r--   1 root  cvs      197 Jul 21 12:59 filename.allow.rules.conf
> -rw-r--r--   1 root  cvs     6851 Jul 21 12:51 filename.deny.rules.conf
> -rw-r--r--   1 root  cvs      929 Jul 21 13:01 filetype.allow.rules.conf
> -rw-r--r--   1 root  cvs      921 Jul 21 12:51 filetype.deny.rules.conf
> dr-xr-xr-x   2 root  cvs      512 Jul 21 16:44 mcp
> -r--r--r--   1 root  wheel  14618 Jun  4 13:27 phishing.safe.sites.conf
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root  cvs     2048 Jun  4 13:44 reports
> dr-xr-xr-x   3 root  cvs      512 Jul 21 16:43 rules
> -rw-r--r--   1 root  cvs     9692 Jul 21 16:15 spam.assassin.prefs.conf
> -r--r--r--   1 root  cvs     2969 Feb 14  2005 spam.lists.conf
> -r--r--r--   1 root  wheel   2969 Jun  4 13:27 spam.lists.conf.sample
> -rw-r--r--   1 root  cvs     2834 Nov  2  2005 virus.scanners.conf
> 
> bash-2.05b# ls -la rules
> total 40
> dr-xr-xr-x  3 root  cvs     512 Jul 21 16:43 .
> dr-xr-xr-x  7 root  cvs    1024 Jul 26 10:21 ..
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root  cvs     512 Aug  9  2004 CVS
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  2817 Jun  4 13:27 EXAMPLES
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  2964 Jun  4 13:27 README
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  cvs      90 Jun  4 13:50 bounce.rules
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  cvs    1743 Jun  6 18:40 highscore.delivery.rules
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  cvs    1529 Jun  6 18:40 mcp.delivery.rules
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  cvs      71 Jun  6 18:40 spam.blacklist.rules
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  cvs     961 Jun  6 18:40 spam.whitelist.rules
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  cvs     369 Jun  6 18:40 user.content.rules
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  cvs    1878 Jul 17 17:05 user.delivery.rules
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  cvs     636 Jul 21 12:49 user.filename.rules
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  cvs     636 Jul 21 12:50 user.filetype.rules
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  cvs     722 Jul 19 10:30 user.filtering.rules
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  cvs     251 Jun  6 18:40 user.mcp.rules
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  cvs     419 Jun  6 18:40 user.scanning.rules
> 
>>
>> One other thought is your max or minimum size for attachments setting in
>> the Mailscanner.conf file?
> 
> I'm testing with a 76k text file named test.scr and a copy named 
> test.sxw.doc.
> 
> Maximum Message Size = 0
> Maximum Attachment Size = -1
> Minimum Attachment Size = -1
> 
> Should be no checking going on (I do RBLs, size checking, max recipients 
> on the MTA).
> 
> I would be perfectly willing to post any and all conf files online for 
> viewing.

http://pixelhammer.com/MS/MailScanner.conf
http://pixelhammer.com/MS/user.filename.rules

Last act of desperation. This is as simple as I can make it and it still 
is not stopping double suffix or even test.scr.

Is there a stupid mistake I am just not seeing or is it time to 
reinstall everything?

DAve
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