> -----Original Message-----
> From: A. Schirmacher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 11 June 2002 05:19
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [SAtalk] executable attachments should be filtered
>
>
> II think any email containing an executable is spam.
> Windows executables can have extensions other than
> *.exe, for example *.bat, *.scr, and whatnot. Those
> executables are very dangerous because the reader
> might not recognize them as an executable.
>
> Can someone post a rule for such emails?
>
Most emails containing executables are viruses, not spam, which
aren't dealt with by SA (and shouldn't be, IMHO).
You can block executable attachments at the mailserver, which is much
more efficient, and gives a meaningful error message (body_checks file in
postfix,
or a filter script in exim).
Tony
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