Re: Mailscanner or amavisd-new

Or perhaps like someone who knows his users are going to open every
single exe or such they get.

I do block all that stuff with Mailscanner and since i've done it the
number of problems is dramatically decreased.

Regards

On 11/29/2011 02:22 PM, Vinícius Ferrão wrote:
> 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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