Executable vs Binary

[Shawn Iverson]

Ok now I am there...

file 5.04 doesn't detect the .dat file as an executable via MailScanner, but

file 5.22 does

Now for the MailScanner part...

On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 9:25 PM, Shawn Iverson <iversons at rushville.k12.in.us>
wrote:

> That has to be it....I will upgrade file and see what happens.
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> I have exhausted everything else.
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> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 9:52 PM, Tracy Greggs <mailscanner-list at okla.com>
> wrote:
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>> For whatever it is worth, I am using file v 5.22
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>> 0000.dat: DOS executable (block device driver)
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>> *From:* MailScanner [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] *On
>> Behalf Of *Shawn Iverson
>> *Sent:* Friday, April 24, 2015 10:28 AM
>> *To:* MailScanner Discussion
>> *Subject:* Re: Executable vs Binary
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>> Jerry,
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>> I am going to upgrade my MailScanner to your latest release and test this
>> again.  I simply cannot get it to detect the .dat as an executable for some
>> reason....
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>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Jerry Benton <
>> jerry.benton at mailborder.com> wrote:
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>> Yep. Attached.
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>> -
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>> Jerry Benton
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>> www.mailborder.com
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>> On Apr 17, 2015, at 10:55 AM, Shawn Iverson <IversonS at rushville.k12.in.us>
>> wrote:
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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:
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>> Has anyone dealt with this? I can’t decide if I should mod the source or
>> just change the configs:
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>> - 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Ideas?
>>
>> -
>> Jerry Benton
>> www.mailborder.com
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>> believed to be clean.
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Shawn Iverson
Director of Technology
Rush County Schools
765-932-3901 x271
iversons at rushville.k12.in.us
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