No programs allowed (ETP.DAT)

[Glenn Steen]

On 14/12/2007, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote:
> on 12/14/2007 6:34 AM Glenn Steen spake the following:
> > On 14/12/2007, Stephen Swaney <steve at fsl.com> wrote:
> >> Ugo Bellavance wrote:
> >>> Dave Jones wrote:
> >>>> MailScanner is blocking the BlackBerry Enterprise Activation file.
> >>>> It shows in MailWatch as a "video/unknown" file type so I added this
> >>>> to the filetype.rules.conf and the file name to the
> >>>> filename.rules.conf but it is still getting blocked as if it is an
> >>>> executable of some kind.
> >>>>
> >>>> The following e-mails were found to have: Bad Filename Detected
> >>>>
> >>>>     Sender: network at etp1101.etp.na.blackberry.net
> >>>> <mailto:network at etp1101.etp.>
> >>>> IP Address: 172.16.11.11 <http://172.16.11.11>
> >>>>  Recipient: someuser at domain.com <mailto:someuser at domain.com>
> >>>>    Subject: RIM_bca28a80-e9c0-11d1-87fe-00600811c6a2
> >>>>  MessageID: lBDM3p5x002753
> >>>> Quarantine: /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine/20071213/lBDM3p5x002753
> >>>>     Report: MailScanner: No programs allowed (ETP.DAT)
> >>>                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >>> It is seen as a program, not a video.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Ugo
> >>>
> >> You need to add a ruleset that exempts mail from na.blackberry.net from
> > The actual sender differs depending on where on the globe you are...
> > na==Nort America, one could presume...:-).
> >
> >> attachment checking or at least checking this type of attachment. I
> >> believe this solution might be in the mail list archives.
> > Oh yes, it is. Multiple times. Perhaps one should add an example to
> > the wiki ruleset section. I'm too busy ATM, but ... Ether you or Ugo
> > perhaps have a spare moment?
> >
> >> Steve
> >> Steve Swaney
> >
> > Cheers
> Luckily, my company moved away from the blackberries, and started using
> windows based smartphones. At least lucky for me. ;-P
>
AFAICS Acrive Sync is an even greater mess.... So all in all, I kind
of like the BBs. Apart from this problem, they are a zero in the
"added admin tasks" for me:-):-).
And the lusers are ecstatic...:-).
But then... I'm definitely biased (wrt m$)... Just the sound of it
"windoze mobile"... yuk.;)

Cheers (a very non-Hugo safe on... Friday night... Newcastle Brown...:-)
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