bug in Mailscanner 4.60.8-1?

[ajs at vifilfell.is]

not that I'm aware of. some distributions have this line commented out by 
default.

asgeir.




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thanks a lot.

allow me another question, is there any drawbacks of doing that?

TIA

Jorge.

ajs at vifilfell.is wrote:
> sure.
>
> on gentoo you'll find the 'magic' file in '/usr/share/misc/file/magic'.
> on red hat it's located at '/usr/share/file/magic'.
> change to the appropriate directory. open the file with an editor and 
look 
> for this line :
>
>         0      byte            0xe9            MS-DOS executable (COM)
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> 0xe9 is hex for 'É'. just comment it out. then compile the file with the 

> command :
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>         file -C
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> cheers, asgeir.
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> ajs at vifilfell.is wrote:
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>> this has actually nothing to do with mailscanner.
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>> this is related to the 'file' command. you have to locate and edit a 
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> file 
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>> called 'magic' and then recompile it to 'magic.mgc'.
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>> cheers, asgeir.
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>> i mean the character:   é
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>> Jorge Costinha wrote:
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>>> this is so bizarre!
>>>
>>> if i send the simplest mail there is with only 1 charater the 
>>> character: _*é*_   , no attachsments at all. somehow it matches the 
>>> filetype EXE/COM rules and i get the usual bounce back:
>>>
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>>> "Warning: This message has had one or more attachments removed
>>> Warning: (the entire message).
>>> Warning: Please read the "HCC-mx-Attachment-Warning.txt" attachment(s) 

>>> for more information.
>>>
>>> This is a message from the MailScanner E-Mail Virus Protection Service
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> The original e-mail attachment "the entire message"
>>> 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 Fri Jun 22 11:43:32 2007 the virus scanner said:
>>> MailScanner: No programs allowed (msg-18164-12.txt)
>>>
>>> Note to Help Desk: Look on the HCC-mx (mx.halla.pt) MailScanner in 
>>> /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine/20070622 (message l5MAhVa5021067).
>>> "
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>>> thank you,
>>> Jorge
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