RE: [cobalt-users] MailScanner: Warning: E-mail viruses detected

[Arthur Sherman <arturs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I see.
The attachments were in format:
Name.name1.name2.doc

I believe that those dots triggered MailScanner as said bellow:

>
>Check the file names of the attachments, if it is something like 
>"report w.mids.doc" mailscanner will see it as a double extension and 
>trap it because of that. I've had that a couple of times.
>
>Phil

Thank you

Arthur Sherman
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Lasman
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 20:44
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] MailScanner: Warning: E-mail 
> viruses detected
> 
> On Sunday 15 February 2004 09:11 am, Arthur Sherman wrote:
> 
> > Sorry. Dan. I didn't understand.
> 
> rtf format files should not be susceptible to infection 
> because they can't carry executables.
> 
> However an infected outlook program could call it an rtf file 
> when it's really not.
> 
> If you really sent an rtf file, then it shouldn't be infected.
> 
> Jeff
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