office 2007 files being treated as archives

[Alex Neuman van der Hans]

Scott Silva wrote:
> Alex Neuman van der Hans spake the following on 9/6/2007 9:04 PM:
>>
>> Julian Field wrote:
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>>> Add a new line to filename.rules.conf (somewhere near the top) that 
>>> says this:
>>> allow   \.xml\.rel$   -   -
>>> Make sure the 4 "words" are separated with tab characters and not 
>>> spaces. This (along with its partner filetype.rules.conf) is the 
>>> only place where tab characters must be used, as the regular 
>>> expression matching the filename, and the reports (which are just 
>>> "-" for an "allow" rule) could also contain spaces.
>>>
>>>   
>> This could work - but I've already had other problems with Office 
>> 2007 files. I don't recall exactly what right now - I implemented 
>> something to get it out of the way and forgot about it, but I think 
>> it was similar. It would be a good thing if anybody else comes out 
>> and mentions any details regarding this so we can take proper action.
>>
>> Anybody here know why these files are treated as archives? Any other 
>> light that could be shed on the subject might help to better deal 
>> with these files, since we're all going to be finding them more often 
>> as people start "upgrading" to Office 2007.
> If you look at the spec they are an archive. Multiple files in a 
> container which I believe is a zip file.
>
And as such, susceptible to misinterpretation - I think I got one saying 
the file was "too compressed to be a real archive", which to me sounds 
like some part of MailScanner or clam or something (I'm still trying to 
remember the specifics) thought it was like one of those "42.zip" type 
problems.