Re: Mailscanner or amavisd-new

Vinícius Ferrão <[email protected]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:22:59 -0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.server
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Agreed.

Filtering Windows executables will only make the system admin to be recognized as an asshole and windows-hater.

On Nov 29, 2011, at 10:11 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote:

> On Mon, November 28, 2011 7:27 pm, Mișu Moldovan wrote:
> <SNIPPED>
>> Also, a good idea is to block
>> extensions such as exe, pif, bat (in zip files also) before scanning
>> for viruses (if such a scan is really needed).
> 
> I disagree. There are valid reasons to send "*.exe" and "*.bat" files via
> email. Braindead filters on extensions only cause problems.
> 
> --
> Joost
> 
>
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