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How can I get EFA to ignore file type checking for outbound emails

Posted: 12 Oct 2019 04:06
by webguyz
Getting email that are stopped for type OTHER. Is there a way to have EFA totally bypass the attachment check. Since these are outbound emails they would not be sending viruses but the filenames can sometime be not standard.

Thanks!

Re: How can I get EFA to ignore file type checking for outbound emails

Posted: 12 Oct 2019 04:16
by webguyz
After doing some more digging I found the answer out on the Internet:

To disable any checking of file attachments except for viruses, make the following changes in /etc/Mailscanner/Mailscanner.conf:

1. Set "Filename Rules =" to blank.

2. Set "Filetype Rules =" to blank.

3. Set "Archives: Filename Rules =" to blank.

4. Set "Archives: Filetype Rules =" to blank

5. To disable checking of zip attachments, set "Maximum Archive Depth =" to 0.

None of the above will affect scanning for viruses in attachments.

Re: How can I get EFA to ignore file type checking for outbound emails

Posted: 21 Oct 2019 03:07
by pdwalker
Thanks for posting your answer to your problem. That's helpful for future users.