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Re: exim4 - rejecting .com,.bat,.exe,.pif extensions



On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 07:13:54AM -0500, BruceG wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
>       I had decided not to mess with my e-mail server, but not messing is a
> short-term thing ;-)    I know exim4 has the ability to reject messages
> based on the extension of file names in mime attachments. I haven't found
> the file to change that in yet (the configuration is broken up into several
> smaller files in different directories).
> 
>       Anyone have a pointer to what file/directory I need to hit to start
> rejecting attachments that contain Windows executables?

Don't forget .cmd, .scr, .vbs, .js, .wsh, .wsf, plus a few other exotic 
things.  You know, I used to talk with my friends at Microsoft, it is 
*amazing* how butt-simple most of the virii have been.  People don't 
think nearly as evil as I seem to be capable of.  You should be happy 
about that :-)



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