On 10/20/2014 9:21 AM, Deeztek Support wrote: > > > On 10/16/2014 3:56 PM, Deeztek Support wrote: >> I'm a little confused by the banned file types in amavis and I'm >> hoping >> someone can add some insight: >> >> >> >> Looking into amavis configuration, I see the following entries. >> >> Banned files: >> >> qr'.\.(exe|vbs|pif|scr|bat|cmd|com|cpl|rtf)$'i >> >> I'm assuming the "i" at the end means ban.
The i means case insensitive. Simply listing them here means they are banned. >> If that's correct, >> could it >> be written as? >> >> [qr'.\.(exe|vbs|pif|scr|bat|cmd|com|cpl|rtf)$'=> 1] >> >> and have the same effect? It would if you also added the i flag. >> >> Additionally, the following entry: >> >> [ qr'^\.(zip|rar|arc|arj|zoo)$'=> 0 ] >> >> I'm assuming that means allow Yes, the 0 means allow. >> >> Now, what does qr'^\. mean These are file types as determined by the file(1) command. This is supplied by amavisd and will always be lower-case. >> as opposed to qr'.\. This is the attachment name supplied in the message. This may be mixed case, and/or the file extension may not accurately reflect the file type. > Anyone? These questions are already answered in the RELEASE_NOTES and the comments in amavisd.conf and amavisd.conf-sample. See them for more details. -- Noel Jones
