Re: [AMaViS-user] Bypassing eXE files

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Noel Jones a écrit :
> On 3/13/2010 2:26 AM, Luis Daniel Lucio Quiroz wrote:
>> What param do I have to set
>>
>> to avoid when user change its extension of exe files?
>>
>> I wonder to block if possible better by file recogition rather than a extension
>>
>> LD
> 
> look in your amavisd.conf for the $banned_filename_re section.
> Under that, there should be a line something like
>   qr'^\.(exe-ms|dll)$',                   # banned file(1) 
> types, rudimentary
> 
> The line may be commented out with a "#" at the beginning; 
> remove the "#" to activate that rule.
> 

I think OP means the other way. He fears that users could escape the ban
just by renaming the file.

if so, then for OP: amavisd-new does check the file type too.