Disbale check for Attempt to hide real filename extension

Alex Neuman alex at rtpty.com
Fri Jun 19 15:42:28 IST 2009


Did you read mailscanner.conf?
Did you read the bottom of filename.rules.conf?

Just in case, whenever I need to find one of the rules, I can always run
something like:

grep -ir "attempt to hide the real" *

while in the /etc/Mailscanner folder to see which file has those words. That
would point me to filename.rules.conf, which has the "deny double extension"
rule which you can disable using # or just delete altogether.

You should really read all the configuration files and understand the
options. We'll be glad to hear you out if you think the documentation could
be explained in better ways, but you have to read it first.

Also, buy the book. It helps support Julian and most of the answers are
there for when you're "offline".

Have a great day!

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 3:40 PM, mbneto <mbneto at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Which directive (assuming it is located in MailScanner.conf) should I
> comment?
>
> Does it stop onlye the 'attempt to hide the real filename extension?
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Alex Neuman <alex at rtpty.com> wrote:
>
>> Put a # before the rule. That disables it.
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 8:56 PM, mbneto <mbneto at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi,
>>>
>>> All too often I get complains about users having their emails blocked
>>> with a 'Attempt to hide real filename extension' message.  Most of the time
>>> the attachments are legit and the user has used . several times in the name.
>>>
>>> I have basically two options : keep adding whitelists or disable this
>>> rule (only this).
>>>
>>> The whitelist is not working so good (I keep adding senders/recipients)
>>> so I was wondering how can I disable this rule in all messages.
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>>
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