yes, some firewalls can be configured to remove/quarantine attachments, to prevent spread of viruses mostly. not sure why others can send you .doc attachments though, if the cops can't.
Duncan Cumming IT Manager http://www.alienationdesign.co.uk mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 0141 575 9700 Fax: 0141 575 9600 Creative solutions in a technical world ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get your domain names online from: http://www.alienationdomains.co.uk Reseller options available! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Lovelock, Richard J" To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <richard.lovelock cc: @cgey.com> Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Email Attachment troubles 07/10/2003 11:16 Please respond to dev OK thanks guys why would mimesweeper/checkpoint want to change a file extension for security reasons? are you saying that because it is a .doc it could have potential for viruses etc? having said that I can receive word documents from others as attachments OK :o/ _______________________________________________________ * Regards, Richard Lovelock Westminster City Council - Web Support Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Southbank 95 Wandsworth Road London SW8 2HG ( 0870 906 7482 _______________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Moretti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 October 2003 10:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] Email Attachment troubles Or MimeSweeper. Gordon Thomas wrote: > Well, its not a standard Checkpoint function, though there may well be a bolt-on that will do this. > Sounds suspiciously like an Exchange Server doing some of its delightful security measures to me, but I could be wrong. > > ~G~ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lovelock, Richard J [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 October 2003 09:44 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Email Attachment troubles > > > i think it is called Checkpoint Firewall but that is as much as I know > > _______________________________________________________ > * Regards, > Richard Lovelock > Westminster City Council - Web Support > Cap Gemini Ernst & Young > Southbank > 95 Wandsworth Road > London > SW8 2HG > ( 0870 906 7482 > > _______________________________________________________ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 October 2003 10:32 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Email Attachment troubles > > > > it would be the firewall that is receiving the message. Find out what that > firewall is to confirm that it does this. > > > Duncan Cumming > IT Manager > > http://www.alienationdesign.co.uk > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: 0141 575 9700 > Fax: 0141 575 9600 > > Creative solutions in a technical world > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Get your domain names online from: > http://www.alienationdomains.co.uk > Reseller options available! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > "Lovelock, > > Richard J" To: > "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <richard.lovelock cc: > > @cgey.com> Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] > Email Attachment troubles > > > 07/10/2003 10:29 > > Please respond to > > dev > > > > > > > > > my corporate firewall that is receiving the message or the firewall in > front > of the outgoing mail? > > _______________________________________________________ > * Regards, > Richard Lovelock > Westminster City Council - Web Support > Cap Gemini Ernst & Young > Southbank > 95 Wandsworth Road > London > SW8 2HG > ( 0870 906 7482 > > _______________________________________________________ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 October 2003 10:26 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] Email Attachment troubles > > > > sounds like the Firewall is doing this for very obvious security reasons. > > > Duncan Cumming > IT Manager > > http://www.alienationdesign.co.uk > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: 0141 575 9700 > Fax: 0141 575 9600 > > Creative solutions in a technical world > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Get your domain names online from: > http://www.alienationdomains.co.uk > Reseller options available! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > "Lovelock, > > Richard J" To: "'cflist'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <richard.lovelock cc: > > @cgey.com> Subject: [ cf-dev ] Email > Attachment troubles > > > 07/10/2003 10:20 > > Please respond to > > dev > > > > > > > > > We have an application on the site that allows Police officers in the Met > to > send out emails to the public. > > An officer tried to send an email out last night with a word doc attachment > but the mail has been distributed to everybody and has arrived with the > file > name and extension changed. > > It has arrived with the name ATT418371.ATT - and if you click it is prompts > you as to which application to open the file with. > > Does anyone have any idea what may cause the file name and more importantly > file type change at some point between the upload and send. The MAKEUNIQUE > parameter is being used but that shouldn't change the file extension should > it? > > The file is being selected using a form input box of type file. > > The code doing the upload is as follows: > <cflock name="FileUploadLock" type="EXCLUSIVE" timeout="30"> > <!--- Need to get the file onto the server to send! ---> > <cffile action="UPLOAD" > filefield="attachment" > destination="xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" > nameconflict="MAKEUNIQUE"> > > <!--- Put this value into a variable ---> > <cfset session.Filelocation = > #cffile.serverdirectory#&'\'&#cffile.serverfile#> > </cflock> > > where xxxxxxxxxxx is the path to the attachment directory on the server. > > Not sure if this is a CF issue or server/infrastructure issue? > > _______________________________________________________<?xml:namespace > prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> > > * Regards, > Richard Lovelock > > Westminster City Council - Web Support > Cap Gemini Ernst & Young > Southbank > 95 Wandsworth Road > London > SW8 2HG > > ( 0870 906 7482 > > _______________________________________________________ > > > > > **************************************************************************** > > **************** > > " This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential > and > is the property of the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Group. 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