--- Cheryl Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have some simple Perl scripts that I use for several forms that have
> been working correctly for several months. This week we got a new
> firewall and now my forms do not work.
> The user submitting the form does not see any error and believes we have
> received the information inputted by the form. I receive an error
> message, "attachment denied by WatchGruard SMTP proxy (type "text",
> filename "(none)")
Cheryl,
I don't know enough about sendmail to answer your question, but I do know that many
firewalls are
configured to disallow all attachments on email due to security concerns. Despite
repeated
warnings to people about not opening attachments, they do so anyway and release all
sorts of
virii, worms, and other problems.
>From your error message, it looks like a simple text attachment (text/plain?). If
>so, I would
guess that it wouldn't be a problem. My first thought would be to chat with your
system
administrators or security people and explain the situation. They might be able to
loosen up the
rules to allow text attachments through, if the situation warrants. Of course, they
may also be
extrememly rigid and disallow all attachments, thus forcing you to find another
solution.
Cheers,
Curtis Poe
=====
Senior Programmer
Onsite! Technology (http://www.onsitetech.com/)
"Ovid" on http://www.perlmonks.org/
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