Filename checking

[Pascal Maes]

> hello,
>
>
> i habe a big problem here :
>
> In MailScanner.conf (MailScanner version 4.56.7), I have
>
> Allow Filenames =
>
> Deny Filenames = \.zip$ \.com$ \.exe$ \.cpl$ \.pif$ Update-KB.*
>
> Filename Rules = %etc-dir%/filename.rules.conf
>
> and in filename.rules.conf, I have
>
> # These 2 added by popular demand - Very often used by viruses
> deny    \.com$	Windows/DOS Executable	Executable DOS/Windows  
> programs are dangerous in email
> deny    \.exe$	Windows/DOS Executable	Executable DOS/Windows  
> programs are dangerous in email
>
>
> but I can still send (and receive !)  .exe file
>
>
> What's wrong ?
>

It seems that "Dangerous Content Scanning" must be set to "yes" to  
allow filename checking

Is it really true ?

As the two paragraphs (dangerous content and attachment filename  
checking) are distinct, it is not obvious that the parameters are not  
independant.


--
Pascal





--
Pascal