We quarantine all emails with html attachments (such as the secure Cisco 
email), since the majority (90%+) we see are trojans or phishing.  Same 
for zip files in email, believe it or not.  Those are easily topping 99.9% 
trojans (thousands received in the past week).  Same for dozens of more 
obscure attachment types.  Recipients get a quarantine notification if the 
originating mail server is not also a known spam source.  If the email is 
legit and needed, they request it being released.  I see zero to two zip 
file recovery requests a week, tops.

I don't trust an antivirus system enough to allow users to decide whether 
or not to open attachment types that are overwhelmingly used maliciously 
in email.  But, I get the need for occasional, easy-to-use secure 
messaging and the tradeoff between irritation and security.

-- Mark




From:   David McSpadden <[email protected]>
To:     "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date:   12/09/2015 09:04 AM
Subject:        RE: [NTSysADM] Encry pting File Attachments
Sent by:        [email protected]



Well,
It is better than seeing my members data on FoxNews I suppose.
But yeah, hate it from time to time.
 
 
From: [email protected] [
mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gavin Wilby
Sent: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 12:01 PM
To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Encry pting File Attachments
 
J
 
That?s a very annoying feature you have. 
 
Gavin Wilby
IT Support Engineer
 
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