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color=#0000ff size=2>Known infected files, you mean.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=307075513-27062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>It will still let through new viruses for which your virus
scanners don't yet have patterns to detect them.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=307075513-27062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>That may or may not be an acceptable
risk.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=307075513-27062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I personally think it's not.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=307075513-27062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Phil</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=307075513-27062006></SPAN><FONT
size=2>--<BR>Phil Randal<BR>Network Engineer<BR>Herefordshire
Council<BR>Hereford, UK </FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
mailscanner-bounces@lists.mailscanner.info
[mailto:mailscanner-bounces@lists.mailscanner.info] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Pravin
Rane<BR><B>Sent:</B> 27 June 2006 14:47<BR><B>To:</B> MailScanner
discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Allowing .exe's<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Infected files will be always stopped, though their extension an
type is allowed in mailscanner conf.<BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 6/27/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>emm1</B>
<<A href="mailto:ljosnet@gmail.com"> ljosnet@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Hello,
if I allow .exe's in filename.rules.conf and<BR>filetype.rules.conf will
MailScanner let viruses through or will<BR>Clamav stop them?<BR><BR>I have a
mailserver with few people who are sending small programs but<BR>MailScanner
always stops them, so I am trying to find a way to let it <BR>through
without opening up for viruses.<BR><BR>Thanks!<BR>--<BR>MailScanner mailing
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<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Regards<BR><BR>Pravin
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