No programs allowed (ETP.DAT)

[Scott Silva]

on 12/14/2007 11:36 AM Glenn Steen spake the following:
> 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...:-)
Still mid-day here, but cheers to you also!

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