> On Apr 9, 2015, at 03:16, Sebastian Nielsen <sebast...@sebbe.eu> wrote: > > I would say its better to strip unauthorized attachments instead of blocking > the whole message.
Bouncing is much better because the sender will no nearly immediately that their message failed and why. > A notice could be appended to message informing about the stripped attach. > This because some email clients/MTAs insert their own attachments, and user > cannot control this. And if they are attaching things that are potentially harmful, I’m rejecting them. There is no reason, ever, for someone to send a .exe or .com file. > The attachments in many cases does not matter, could be company logos, > vcard's, signatures, AUP's (Yes I have seen one company that embedded their > TOS/AUP as a pdf attachment, and the customer service representative could > propably not control or suppress this.). We’re not talking about rejecting all attachments, just executable ones. Well, I’m not. -- The omnipotent eyesight of various supernatural entities is often remarked upon. It is said that they can see the fall of every sparrow. And this may be true. But there is only one who is always there when it hits the ground. --Hogfather
