I started this thread so I will jump in. =20 A good AV solution is the first line of defense. Many organizations also block executables and scripts to catch new viruses that have not been added to definitions. The porn issue is a good one I suppose but wasn't the reason for the request.
My question really was: IF a company wanted to block specific file types such as excel spreadsheets (xls), is there an existing filter-in solution that addresses it. I am capable of writing the filter. It is actually quite simple but why re-invent the wheel? J. B. Edmonds -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shawn Anderson Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 7:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [xmail] Re: Filter Question Sure it can be turned off. Check this free add-in out: http://www.slovaktech.com/attachmentoptions.htm Shawn=20 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Larkman Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 3:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [xmail] Re: Filter Question > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffrey L. Conley > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 1:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [xmail] Re: Filter Question >=20 >=20 >=20 > Tell that to M$, newer versions of outlook and outlook express do just > that and there is no way to turn it off. I suspect there is a way to turn it off. Either a registery hack or setting somewhere. Outlook, particularly, is pretty customizable if you know what you're doing with it. However, the issue isn't client software. There is no reason to block attachments if you have a good antivirus solution in place. I find Peter Lindeman's solution in conjunction with ClamAV does a great job. - Ken - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- -- Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature -- File: smime.p7s - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
