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Re: Blocking E-Mail Attachment Types
From: Jesse Thompson <jesse.thompson () DOIT WISC EDU>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:24:11 -0500
We don't block any. We rename the attachment and add a warning to the body of the message if the attachment is executable or it is a archive that contains an executable. This works great at stopping undetected malware, and users appreciate not having legitimate messages blocked. http://kb.wisc.edu/wiscmail/page.php?id=6056 Jesse Thompson UW-Madison Steve Lewis wrote:
Hi All, Forgive me if you've already seen this on another list... Does anyone here block specific e-mail file attachment types? I'm curious to see how common (or uncommon) this practice is. Thanks, Steve Lewis Lehigh University LTS
-- Jesse Thompson Division of Information Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Email/IM: jesse.thompson () doit wisc edu
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Current thread:
- Blocking E-Mail Attachment Types Steve Lewis (Jul 01)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Blocking E-Mail Attachment Types Eric C. Lukens (Jul 01)
- Re: Blocking E-Mail Attachment Types Joel Rosenblatt (Jul 01)
- Re: Blocking E-Mail Attachment Types Stanclift, Michael (Jul 01)
- Re: Blocking E-Mail Attachment Types Wes Hubert (Jul 01)
- Re: Blocking E-Mail Attachment Types Drake, Craig (Jul 02)
- Re: Blocking E-Mail Attachment Types Jesse Thompson (Jul 02)
- Re: Blocking E-Mail Attachment Types Russell Fulton (Jul 03)
- Re: Blocking E-Mail Attachment Types Louis Anthony Arminio (Jul 06)