filetype.rules and filename.rules syntax
Scott Kopel
kopels at english.fsu.edu
Sat Nov 25 22:41:32 GMT 2006
I've noticed that I'm getting the following errors in my maillogs
I'm using the rules exactly as supplied by mailscanner
I'm using MailScanner version 4.42.9-1
can anyone tell me what's wrong with my setup?
thanks a bunch
Scott
Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
field in line 93 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filename.rules
Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
field in line 96 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filename.rules
Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
field in line 8 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filetype.rules
Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
field in line 9 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filetype.rules
Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
field in line 10 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filetype.rules
Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
field in line 11 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filetype.rules
Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
field in line 12 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filetype.rules
Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
field in line 13 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filetype.rules
Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
field in line 14 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filetype.rules
Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
field in line 15 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filetype.rules
I'm using the rules files exactly as supplied by MailScanner
eg
allow text - -
allow script - -
allow archive - -
allow postscript - -
deny self-extract No self-extracting archives No self-extracting
archives allowed
deny ELF No executables No programs allowed
deny executable No executables No programs allowed
deny MPEG No MPEG movies No MPEG movies allowed
deny AVI No AVI movies No AVI movies allowed
deny MNG No MNG/PNG movies No MNG movies allowed
deny QuickTime No QuickTime movies No QuickTime movies allowed
deny ASF No Windows media No Windows media files
allowed
deny Registry No Windows Registry entries No Windows
Registry files allowed
Scott Kopel
English Department - FSU
850 644 6177
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