Executable vs Binary

[Shawn Iverson]

Starting to make progress...

I received the message and have the file :)

Feedback to follow...

On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Kevin Miller <kevin.miller at juneau.org>
wrote:

>  Shawn – any progress on this?  The message with the files that Jerry
> attached in his reply to you got blocked by my MailScanner gateway (I just
> noticed that today).  Did you receive them?  If not, you’ll have to get
> them via ftp or something.  If you did receive them OK, have you had a
> chance to work on the issue?
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> ...Kevin
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> *From:* MailScanner [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] *On
> Behalf Of *Shawn Iverson
> *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2015 6:56 AM
> *To:* MailScanner Discussion
> *Subject:* Re: Executable vs Binary
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> Jerry,
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> I will study this and see if I can assist.
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> Do you have a sample document with this .dat embedded?
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> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Jerry Benton <jerry.benton at mailborder.com>
> wrote:
>
> Has anyone dealt with this? I can’t decide if I should mod the source or
> just change the configs:
>
> - Microsoft document comes through with some sort of dat file embedded.
> While MS see that dat file as text/plain, the character set is binary, so
> it nails it as an executable.
> - Allowing executables will allow the file.
>
> So, there’s the rub. Under the current code we have to allow executables
> for these “newer” types of Microsoft documents to get through. This isn’t
> restricted to just Microsoft. There are several other file formats that
> make MailScanner fire on this.
>
>
> Ideas?
>
> -
> Jerry Benton
> www.mailborder.com
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