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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:22:42 +0100
From: Alessandro Storti Gajani <alex@stru.polimi.it>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Mailscanner or amavisd-new
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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, Vin=EDcius Ferr=E3o wrote:
> Agreed.
>=20
> Filtering Windows executables will only make the system admin to be rec=
ognized as an asshole and windows-hater.
>=20
> On Nov 29, 2011, at 10:11 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>=20
>> On Mon, November 28, 2011 7:27 pm, Mi=C8=99u 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
>>
>>
>=20

--=20
Alessandro Storti Gajani
Politecnico di Milano - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale

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