V Út, 30. 03. 2004 v 17:20, Alex Pleiner píše:
> * - = k o l i s k o = - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-30 15:45]:
> > You are right, when the message contains real virus.
> 
> > But when user send as a attachment fe .exe file, which is blocked in
> > qmail-scanner, but the user dont know that, the message will be droped
> > by server and sender nor recipient will not get any message. Which is
> > wrong.
> 
> I see. We are blocking executable content at smtp level where we can
> give the sender a 5xx error message

Good idea. But how should i block file types at smtp level on qmail?

tx

> , but still dump .pif and others with
> qmail-scanner. And I do not feel very comfortable to just /dev/null
> those mails without notifying sender or recipient. But again, checking
> my logs, only a small amount of mails containing .pif are valid, so I
> live with it.
> 
> Thanks for clarification
> Alex
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