I guess I mis-spoke a bit. What I meant to ask is that if it were possible to have the filter simply delete the e-mail from the server, not just strip the attachments.
Secondly, I know that I won't open attachments, but I can't say the same for my co-workers. :-) I just want to be extra careful if possible. So, if an e-mail has an attachment with "foo" extensions, then I'd prefer TB not even download the message. Here's the environment: - Anti-Virus is installed and updated nightly. - There is no e-mail server other than the POP3 server that is part of a shared domain server. In other words, I don't have access to configure sendmail, etc. Michael T. Ashby ==================== Tuesday, May 14, 2002, 11:28:39 AM, you wrote: JA> On Tuesday, May 14, 2002, Michael T. Ashby wrote... >> My questions are: >> 1. Can this be done? JA> Stripping attachments is a pain, and I'm not sure TB! can do it. JA> Although if you have access to the mail server, and it is running JA> procmail, you could force it to mangle the extension, so it forces you JA> to save the file before you can open it... this will guarantee that JA> your virus scanner (if installed) will read the file. >> 2. If so, what recommended extensions should be excluded? JA> TB! isn't at risk from a lot of auto-executing code viruses such as JA> Nimda, Melissa, Klez etc as it doesn't support a lot of the HTML code JA> that forces it to run. If you're worried about attachments, just don't JA> open it. You should know if it's a trusted source. Also bug your mail JA> server admin see if they can get a good virus scanner installed on JA> there to check incoming mail. If it is a Unix type server, they may JA> want to look for a program called MailScanner (GPL'd) which can be JA> used with a majority of the common server virus scanners (I personally JA> advise Sophos). If all that still makes you worried... install the JA> latest scanner on your desktop as well, and get it to check for JA> updates daily. ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60k FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://bt.ritlabs.com
