Txt file considered as program?

[Anthony Peacock]

Hi,

Budi Febrianto wrote:
> Ricky Boone wrote:
>> Budi Febrianto wrote:
>>  
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I see many emails quarantine in the mailscanner server because it have
>>> attachment that considered as program, but the attachment actually txt
>>> attachment.
>>>
>>> MailScanner: No programs allowed (msg-27290-704.txt)

<SNIP>

> The attachment is text file, I can open it from mailwatch.
> I'm not sure why MailScanner detected as program.

There is a problem with some versions of the file command, where it 
detects a text file in the Russion language as a executable program. 
What does the text file look like?

-- 
Anthony Peacock
CHIME, Royal Free & University College Medical School
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