Chairman wrote:
> >...
> > > for starters, there is no reason to not just virus filter and allow
> > > those kind of attachments... at least you put the dot in front of
> > > it so it doesn't whack half of the incoming mail due to spelling.
> >
> >Defense in depth is an important part of security. I've had over a dozen
> >viruses get through the antivirus check so far this year (usually because
> >they came before the antivirus was updated to detect them); the
> Trash Finder
> >attachment check has prevented them from being delivered. It's always
> >preferable to have multiple ways to detect malware. So I think
> the extension
> >check is needed, but not so that it blocks all of the mail on the IMS
> >list...
>
> i block on all the other executable ones just by nuking 'em.
Probably using TF, because deleting all of the com files with Antibanner
would be good for decreasing your mail load a lot. :-)
> this new encrypted archive virus thing is annoying though.
Sure is; to be safe you have to trash all archive types and inspect them --
but users don't like that at all. I just live with it so far; TF tends to
block them for one reason or another before delivery anyway. (But a couple
have gotten through.)
Randy.
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