On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, Mark G. Thomas wrote: > message from a remote mail system where the original message with the > executable attachment, typically virus containing, are all attached > as a single mime attachment to the bounce message, and not split up > by MIMEDefang and detected by the $bad_exts mimedefang-filter configuration.
That is correct. While MIMEDefang tries to deal with malformed MIME, what you are seeing is correctly-formed MIME whereby the original message should be interpreted as plain text. > Being able to catch and deal with $bad_exts in as loose a manner as > typical user MUAs seems important, since this blocks new executable viruses > and malware when the virus scanner does not. We cannot possibly replicate all the bugs in all the MUAs out there. Regards, David. _______________________________________________ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca MIMEDefang mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
