Disable (some) virus scans?

[Nerk Nerk]

Hi Jerry, Thanks for your response. Any clues on how to allow multiple file
extensions?

Thanks!


2017-08-16 12:45 GMT+02:00 Jerry Benton <jerry.benton at mailborder.com>:

> That is not from virus scanning. You need to allow multiple file
> extensions, and you need to allow executable MIME types because rather
> often Linux identifies Microsoft files as executables because they contain
> things like printer_settings.bin embedded within the files. You can still
> block .exe and other file types via your file policy.
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> *From:* MailScanner [mailto:mailscanner-bounces+jerry.benton=
> mailborder.com at lists.mailscanner.info] *On Behalf Of *Nerk Nerk
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 16, 2017 6:42 AM
> *To:* MailScanner Discussion <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
> *Subject:* Disable (some) virus scans?
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> We have a lot of false positives on the virusscanning. Loads of .docx
> files get detected as virus.
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> Also files with 'double' extensions, such as "your invoice.docx.pdf" or
> "yourwebsite.com.psd" get blocked.
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> I understand why that happens (first case: .docx are risky, second case:
> looks like you are trying to hide the true extension) but still I would
> like to accept those messages. Is it possible and easy to make that happen?
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> I think it is the virusscanning that Mailscanner does, not the
> virusscanning done by Clamav that I also use.
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> Thanks in advance for any answers!
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