Note that "immediately" deleting a file is not 100% safe. You want to
ensure you upload the file into a folder that is NOT web accessible.
I've been hacked before by someone who simply used a network tool to
send a huge number of requests in at one time. Even though I was
immediately deleting the file their hack script worked fast enough.

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 11:12 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Are you using CFFile to upload the files?  If so, it returns a
> variable CFFILE.ServerFileExt
>
> Check that variable to see if matches one of the allowed extensions.
> If not, immediately delete the file, and present whatever error
> message you wish to show.
>
> Something like this (note syntax not correct - just pseudocode)


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