filetype rules and pptx files

Paul Lemmons paul.lemmons at tmcaz.com
Tue May 5 21:29:59 IST 2009


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Subject: filetype rules and pptx files
From: Eli Wapniarski <eli at orbsky.homelinux.org>
To: "mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info" 
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Date: 05/05/2009 01:15 PM
> On Tuesday 05 May 2009 20:44:49 Paul Lemmons wrote:
>   
>> Our CIO (of all people) is trying to send a PowerPoint 2007 document and 
>> it is getting rejected. It turns out that the .pptx file is really a zip 
>> archive and within that archive there is a file named "0000.dat" which 
>> is getting identified as a DOS executable. When I extract the file and 
>> run the file command against it I get the following:
>>     
>
> Why is your cio trying to send a pptx (powerpoint xml) file? Why not send it as a standard ppt file?
>
> Eli
>
>   
And I quote (my CIO)...

"...In order to send the file, I have to save it in 93-97 format and 
resend. A real pain and unnecessary. Please fix so I can send pptx 
attachments."

So, there I am :/
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