filetype.rules and filename.rules syntax

[Arthur Sherman]

> 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

What editor do you use to format the file?


Best,

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Arthur Sherman

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