Re: Blocking e.g. EXE

 
>>Alex Ascherl - Qmailrocks wrote:
>>> Hello I´m new to the list.
>>>
>>> I want to know if there is a way to block e.g. exe files 
>>which are renamed to e.g. .txt?
>>> I know how to block exe files, but what if some "nasty" 
>>users rename them?
>>>
>>> There are commercial products on the market which can handle this.
>>>
>>> Can qmail-scanner do this too?
>>>   
>>It already does that!
>>
>>Try renaming a EXE to .GIF and send it through. It will be blocked.
>>
>I already tried this.
>
>I tested with Putty. I renamed putty.exe to putty.gif and sent it ...
>It get through. If i send putty.exe it will be blocked.
Sorry I did wrong. I renamed to putty.zip and it get through.
If I name it putty.gif it will NOT come through.

But why works ZIP?

Any hints?

Alex

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