We block lots of things in declude, here is my list of file extensions; SKIPEXT TXT SKIPEXT JPG SKIPEXT MPG SKIPEXT PNG
# # The BANEXT option will let you ban file extensions. E-mails containing attachments # with these file extensions will be quarantined, and if you have a BANnotify.EML file, # it will be sent out. This works in the Standard and Pro versions. # BANEXT scr BANEXT pif BANEXT exe BANEXT pl BANEXT class BANEXT msi BANEXT asp BANEXT bat BANEXT cmd BANEXT com BANEXT cpl BANEXT hta BANEXT ins BANEXT isp BANEXT js BANEXT jse BANEXT ocx BANEXT reg BANEXT shs BANEXT vba BANEXT vbe BANEXT GIF BANEXT vbs BANEXT wmf BANEXT wsc BANEXT wsf BANEXT wsh # # The BANEXT EZIP line blocks all encrypted .ZIP and .RAR files, which is necessary # to be fully protected against viruses (since it is impossible to detect a well- # constructed virus within an encrypted .ZIP or .RAR file). # BANEXT EZIP I do not see where you have a choice in blocking files - the list seems to only grow and grow... Richard -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Schaible Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 7:27 PM To: Dale McDiarmid Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Banning gif attachments as anti-spam method? Hi Dale, Blocking gif images would initiate a medium revolution. A lot a people have a gif image at the bottom of the mail, eg. a company logo. Personaly i like plain text, no gimicks and no gadgets. An Example: I received a printscreen, it was a gif image. ============================================ Am Freitag, 20. Januar 2006 um 00:42 schrieben Sie: > Hello... > I'm getting pressure from management to ban gif's as attachments. > They're tired of their attach folders filling up with these gif's, > most (if not all) come from spam. They're telling me that banning > gif's will kill two birds with one stone; reduce attach directory > clutter, and reduce spam. > 1) Has anyone else tried this? How'd it go? > 2) I'm not finding any legit email of mine that has gif attachments > (an html newletter, etc), so right now I can't refute management's > suggestion. Does this seem like a reasonable thing to do? > 3) Do you personally get legit gif's (that are not just someone > sending you a pretty picture)? > Thx, > D. > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ ============================================ -- Mit freundlichen Grüssen -------------------------------------------- Merlin Consulting Martin Schaible Bahnhofstrasse 27 CH-8702 Zollikon Phone: +41 44 391 30 00 Fax: +41 44 391 32 49 Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.merlinconsulting.ch Support: http://support.merlinconsulting.ch GPS: N47 20.235 E8 34.226 -------------------------------------------- News - Neue Produkte: .:. NOD32 Antivirus System .:. BlueDragon .:. Kiwi Syslog Monitor .:. Paessler GmbH .:. Sawmill Loganalyzer .:. SmarterTools -------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
