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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For whatever it is worth, I am using file v 5.22<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>0000.dat: DOS executable (block device driver)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> MailScanner [mailto:mailscanner-bounces@lists.mailscanner.info] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Shawn Iverson<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 24, 2015 10:28 AM<br><b>To:</b> MailScanner Discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Executable vs Binary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jerry,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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....<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Jerry Benton <<a href="mailto:jerry.benton@mailborder.com" target="_blank">jerry.benton@mailborder.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Yep. Attached.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br>-<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Jerry Benton<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.mailborder.com" target="_blank">www.mailborder.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Apr 17, 2015, at 10:55 AM, Shawn Iverson <<a href="mailto:IversonS@rushville.k12.in.us" target="_blank">IversonS@rushville.k12.in.us</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jerry,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I will study this and see if I can assist. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Do you have a sample document with this .dat embedded?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Jerry Benton <<a href="mailto:jerry.benton@mailborder.com" target="_blank">jerry.benton@mailborder.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Has anyone dealt with this? I can’t decide if I should mod the source or just change the configs:<br><br>- 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.<br>- Allowing executables will allow the file.<br><br>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.<br><br><br>Ideas?<br><br>-<br>Jerry Benton<br><a href="http://www.mailborder.com/" target="_blank">www.mailborder.com</a><br><span style='color:#888888'><br><br><br><br><br>--<br>MailScanner mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mailscanner@lists.mailscanner.info" target="_blank">mailscanner@lists.mailscanner.info</a><br><a href="http://lists.mailscanner.info/listinfo/mailscanner" target="_blank">http://lists.mailscanner.info/listinfo/mailscanner</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Shawn Iverson<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Director of Technology<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Rush County Schools<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="tel:765-932-3901%20x271" target="_blank">765-932-3901 x271</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:iversons@rushville.k12.in.us" target="_blank">iversons@rushville.k12.in.us</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br>-- <br>MailScanner mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mailscanner@lists.mailscanner.info" target="_blank">mailscanner@lists.mailscanner.info</a><br><a href="http://lists.mailscanner.info/listinfo/mailscanner" target="_blank">http://lists.mailscanner.info/listinfo/mailscanner</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><br>--<br>MailScanner mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mailscanner@lists.mailscanner.info">mailscanner@lists.mailscanner.info</a><br><a href="http://lists.mailscanner.info/listinfo/mailscanner" target="_blank">http://lists.mailscanner.info/listinfo/mailscanner</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Shawn Iverson<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Director of Technology<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Rush County Schools<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>765-932-3901 x271<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:iversons@rushville.k12.in.us" target="_blank">iversons@rushville.k12.in.us</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>-- <br>This message has been scanned for viruses and <br>dangerous content by <a href="http://www.mailscanner.info/"><b>MailScanner</b></a>, and is <br>believed to be clean. <o:p></o:p></p></div><br />--
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