Re: [cobalt-developers] Blocking Email Attachments

[Jay Summers <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> At 06:26 PM 6/11/2002, you wrote:
>> Does anyone know if it's possible to block certain file extensions within
>> email attachments.
>> In particular, regarding the KLEZ virus and virus related files such as
>> exe, scr, pif, etc.
>> This would be on a RaQ3 server.
> 
> 
> Try procmail.  It will do what you ask.  It might be better to have an
> antivirus software package on the server though.
> Virus' are coming through as embedded files and not always attachments.  I
> use a Klez recipe that removes about 90% of the Klez that come to my
> server.  A few do get through and my antivirus software catches them.  I
> also have a recipe to remove the Sircam virus.

Search Google for Procmail-Sanitizer. It's a collection of Perl and Procmail
scripts for filtering viruses.

HTH,
j