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From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>
To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Mailscanner or amavisd-new
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:11:41 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <32d886e97ccbf5468453b7f18ff99f3c.squirrel@www.antarean.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHJT52-RgDkAFZFtX25ns1BPG1OckWgRLvDBXJL0Gvj6_EEtCw@mail.gmail.com>

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




  reply	other threads:[~2011-11-29 12:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-28  6:02 [gentoo-server] Mailscanner or amavisd-new Pandu Poluan
2011-11-28  6:23 ` Matt Thode
2011-11-28  6:40   ` Pandu Poluan
2011-11-28  9:14 ` Alessandro Ratti
2011-11-28 10:25 ` Mișu Moldovan
2011-11-28 11:09   ` Alessandro Ratti
2011-11-28 11:15     ` Mișu Moldovan
2011-11-28 11:28   ` Hannes Erven
2011-11-28 11:46     ` Mișu Moldovan
2011-11-28 12:04       ` Pandu Poluan
2011-11-28 13:44         ` Mișu Moldovan
2011-11-28 14:31           ` Pandu Poluan
2011-11-28 15:49   ` Pandu Poluan
2011-11-28 16:32     ` Mișu Moldovan
2011-11-28 16:50       ` Pandu Poluan
2011-11-28 18:27         ` Mișu Moldovan
2011-11-29 12:11           ` J. Roeleveld [this message]
2011-11-29 13:22             ` Vinícius Ferrão
2011-11-29 13:36               ` Pandu Poluan
2011-11-29 14:08                 ` J. Roeleveld
2011-11-29 14:20                   ` Pandu Poluan
2011-11-29 14:04               ` J. Roeleveld
2011-11-29 18:02                 ` Mișu Moldovan
2011-11-30  7:38                   ` J. Roeleveld
2011-11-30  8:02                     ` Pandu Poluan
2011-11-29 18:26                 ` kashani
2011-11-29 18:48                   ` Pandu Poluan
2011-11-30  7:44                     ` J. Roeleveld
2011-11-29 14:22               ` Alessandro Storti Gajani
2011-11-30  7:35                 ` J. Roeleveld
2011-11-30  9:46                   ` Mișu Moldovan
2011-11-28 12:26 ` [gentoo-server] " Pandu Poluan
2011-11-28 15:22 ` [gentoo-server] " Eduardo Schoedler

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