$filename in reports picking up wrong filename

Gareth list-mailscanner at linguaphone.com
Tue Jun 5 10:41:41 IST 2007


No the email contained two attachments. One a .zip which is fine and the
other a .ocx which is recognised as an executable file and therefore
blocked.

On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 10:35, Martin.Hepworth wrote:
> Gareth
> 
> I'd say the message isn't wrong, just not right ;-)
> 
> Ie the zip file contains a bad filename of .ocx, but the "original"
> attachment is a .zip file so that's correct. Somehow it's needs to say
> the zip file contains the unallowed filename .ocx.
> 
> Perhaps
> 
> --
> Martin Hepworth
> Snr Systems Administrator
> Solid State Logic
> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> > bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Gareth
> > Sent: 05 June 2007 09:42
> > To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> > Subject: $filename in reports picking up wrong filename
> >
> > Someone sent us a .ocx file which our system blocked. The inline
> warning
> > was :-
> >
> > Warning: This message has had one or more attachments removed
> > (Sources2929.zip, loadingprogramProj1.ocx). Please read the
> > "lgdeltd-Attachment-Warning.txt" attachment(s) for more information.
> >
> >
> > However the attachment warning contains :-
> >
> > This is a message from the MailScanner E-Mail Virus Protection Service
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > The original e-mail attachment "Sources2929.zip"
> > is on the list of unacceptable attachments for this site and has been
> > replaced by this warning message.
> >
> > If you wish to receive a copy of the original attachment, please
> > e-mail helpdesk and include the whole of this message
> > in your request. Alternatively, you can call them, with
> > the contents of this message to hand when you call.
> >
> > At Mon Jun  4 06:22:24 2007 the virus scanner said:
> >    MailScanner: No programs allowed (loadingprogramProj1.ocx)
> >
> > Note to Help Desk: Look on the lgdeltd (mailscanner) MailScanner in
> > /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine/20070604 (message
> 4CE42AA011D.B874C).
> >
> > You can see from the mailscanner report that the ocx file was the
> > problem but the wrong filename is shown earlier.
> > Can this be fixed?
> > It would be ok if $filename showed both files as it does with the
> inline
> > warning as that way I can at least reword the warning message.
> > I am running mailscanner 4.57.6-1
> >
> > Thanks
> > Gareth
> >
> >
> >
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