I added a rule to archives.filename.rules.conf to block 7-Zip archives, but it doesn't seem to work. I used deny \.7z$ - - with tabs between each field. When I send a message with a .7z attachment it sails on through. This is CentOS release 6.8 (Final) This is Perl version 5.010001 (5.10.1) This is MailScanner version 4.85.2 Peter