Attempt to hide real filename extension?

Timothy Barhorst timb at vwg.com
Tue May 11 20:03:20 IST 2010


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From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Jules Field
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 4:26 PM
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Subject: Re: Attempt to hide real filename extension?

On 10/05/2010 20:59, Bjørn T Johansen wrote:
>> How dangerous is this now? I get a lot of mails blocked because of this rule, do I need it?
>>    
I certainly wouldn't remove it from my system. But then I'm likely to be 
biased :-)
>> If not, what is the best way to relax this rule?
>>   

 
>You can just comment it out or delete it from filename.rules.conf and 
>the "archives.filename.rules.conf" equivalent if you have one. Then 
>"service MailScanner reload" to force it to re-read its configuration files.

>Jules

What would the preferred method be to allow double or triple extensions through for just a particular domain?


 



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