Nope, this is a standard for their product with their company line being that
since Microsoft is going to be doing it in Office 2007, that we along with
all other email systems will need to start letting in .bin files. One of the
reasons I am writing this to everyone here is to get a feeling for the
request. It goes against my better judgment, but I also know that if
Microsoft is really doing this, I will need to find a way to allow the
sharing of Word Documents, etc out of Office 2007 when it arrives. Being a
publishing company, I can block a lot of files, but when it comes to .PDFs
and .DOC type files, those have to be allowed thru with just a virus scan at
the front and relying on the virus scanner at the Exchange and user level in
the hopes we don't have another "I LOVE YOU" catch us with our pants down....
Felis demulcta mitis ...
Alan G. Monaghan
[ MCSE+I - Win4.0/ MCSE - Win2k/ BJCP # C0389(Recognized) Ò¿Ó¬ ]
Systems Administrator
Gardner Publications, Inc.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:bounce-
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Kern
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 2:16 PM
>> To: Exchange Discussions
>> Subject: Re: .bin files
>>
>> is it too much for them to rename the file before they send it?
>> Since they are the vendor and you guys are the client, can't you
>> dictate stuff like that?
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9/26/06, Alan Monaghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Good day list.
>> > I just finished a discussion with a company called Mindjet
>> > (http://www.mindjet.com/).
>> >
>> > The discussion was regarding their sending .bin files within a
>> modified .zip
>> > file into us. Our environment is made up of a front line smtp server
>> with
>> > Antigen for SMTP on it. In there we obviously look for viruses and .exe
>> > files, etc. One of the file formats we currently block is .bin. This
>> decision
>> > goes back to before '98 when there was a published file type listing
>> that
>> > said basically there is no reason to accept .bin, .sys, .com, etc.
>> types of
>> > files. Now, while this, in itself will be a problem with this company,
>> the
>> > technician dropped another bomb on me and said that Office 2007 will be
>> using
>> > .bin files and compression to send documents, etc.
>> >
>> > He also mentioned more capabilities of scripting being done from within
>> these
>> > attachments. I won't go into my thoughts about the problems this
>> creates, but
>> > rather, what you all are doing in your own companies about this.
>> > Should I go ahead and remove the .bin files from being denied? Is the
>> > scanning / security stuff on XP and within the systems themselves good
>> enough
>> > I don't need to filer out files any more?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> >
>> > Felis demulcta mitis ...
>> > Alan G. Monaghan
>> > [ MCSE+I - Win4.0/ MCSE - Win2k/ BJCP # C0389(Recognized) ҿӬ ]
>> > Systems Administrator
>> > Gardner Publications, Inc.
>> >
>> > *Phone ...... 1-513-527-8867
>> > *Fax ........ 1-513-527-8801
>> > *Cell ....... 1-513-378-0919
>> > *E-mail ..... [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > *URL ........ http://Bullwinkle.GardnerWeb.Com/
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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