Not blocking executables

[Raymond Dijkxhoorn]

Hi!

> I have this in my filetype.rules.conf
>
> allow   text            -                       -
> allow   \bscript        -                       -
> allow   archive         -                       -
> allow   postscript      -                       -
> deny    self-extract    No self-extracting archives     No self-extracting archives allowed
> deny    executable      No executables          No programs allowed
> deny    ELF             No executables          No programs allowed
> deny    Registry        No Windows Registry entries     No Windows Registry files allowed
>
> I tried adding
>
> deny    .exe$           No exe files            No exe files
>
> But a test .exe still came in.  I have a feeling I am doing something stupid.  Maybe the
> lack of caffeine this monday morning.

In the default distribution its added also, why not simply use that?

# 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

Nye,
Raymond.