Re: Block .js extension was Fwd: G Suite Update Alerts
"Kevin A. McGrail" <[email protected]>
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On 1/26/2017 9:12 AM, Dianne Skoll wrote: > On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 08:10:13 -0500 > "Kevin A. McGrail" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> OK, so I seem to post only about extensions lately... Gmail is going >> to block .js which mirrors in the wild attempts in zip files as well >> that we have seen VERY minorly in recent days. > Huh. We take a more nuanced approach. We block .js files directly attached > to an email message. For looking inside zips, we block .js files UNLESS > there's also at least one .html, .htm or .css file also found in the zip. > > A blanket block of .js would really annoy web developers who seem to mail > around zip files of projects (yeah, yeah, this "git" nonsense will never > catch on...) Nice nuanced approach. We haven't had too many complaints and have blocked js/jse with quarantine for eons including inside zip files recursively. RCS like git is really the correct answer... Regards, KAM _______________________________________________ NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list [email protected] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang