Problem with mailscanner after upgrading to newest (filename checks)

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Thu Feb 12 14:05:00 GMT 2009



On 12/2/09 12:44, Jonas Akrouh Larsen wrote:
>
> Hmm if it gets sanitized in the logfiles (Why woudl you need 
> sanitizing in a log file? Crashing nano, vi or whatever seems a bit 
> unlikely)
>
Yes, but causing a buffer overrun in your syslogd is a very real 
possibility! Remember that lots of people use centralised logging with 
things like database servers storing log files and things like that. 
Many people's systems are a lot more complex than yours.
>
> is there then no straight forward way to see if Mailscanner is 
> mistaken in its classification of the attachment?
>
If that's what the log says, then it's right. If you quarantine messages 
that break your policy, then you can have a look at the original message 
and see for yourself.
>
> Med venlig hilsen / Best regards
>
> Jonas Akrouh Larsen
>
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Jules

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