Gordon:
That didn't work either. It caught the "virgin" copy of the email, but not
the forward, with the .doc attachement.
Anthony
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gordon Williams
> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 12:38 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] RULES HELP
>
>
>
> Anthony,
>
> Try this rule, on both a virgin message with attachment and a
> forward of that message:
>
> B~name=.*\.dox:NUL
>
> So that rules don't catch this message, note that the "x" in dox
> should be changed to a "c" when you implement the rule.
>
> I've found that constructing rules as above (to trap file
> extensions) results in the highest number of hits -- much more
> effective than the more "popular" method that you are using:
>
> > B~filename=".*\.dox":NUL
>
> (same substitution of "c" required for the "x").
>
> Let me know whether this takes care of your situation.
>
> Gordon Williams
> Michigan State University
>
> -----
> Anthony Abby wrote:
> >
> > How come these following rules don't work??? I sent these
> rules up, along
> > with others to filter out .vbs and other known virus types on my mailing
> > lists. I have a seperate rules.ima file with these rules in
> it, in a test
> > mailing list. I sent a .doc attachment to the list and it got through.
> > Why???
> >
> > B~filename=".*\.ppt":NUL
> > B~filename=".*\.gif":NUL
> > B~filename=".*\.jpg":NUL
> > B~filename=".*\.doc":NUL
> > B~filename=".*\.txt":NUL
> > B~filename=".*\.pdf":NUL
> >
> > Anthony
> >
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