Kontos

Last post on the subject...I just want to get it added to the wishlist: Notification of dropped emails.

My main problem is not with the blocking of attachemnts. It's how it is done. The offending emails are silently dropped. I'd prefer that the message be deliverd with the attachment stripped, or at least the message be bounced back to the sender with a descriptive error message. I know it's a probably a holy war, but is it better in the long run to allow the blissfully ignorant user to remain so? TCH will be just as vunerable when the next one spreads via P2P, or http download.

That's kind of my point, I want to take responsiblity for protecting myself. TCH is not doing a good job of it right now IMHO. They're blocking attachments that aren't dangerous, and they're not telling anybody when they do block something.

Too lazy . It's fewer keystroks to just rename the file to .ex_. I'm just bitter because the mailserver is silent about it, and I had to drive to work on a Sunday because the file I emailed myself wasn't there when I went to use it once. Dave

Anything with executable attachments i.e. .exe, .scr, .vbs, and more. I don't mind that they drop them (too much). I just want to know when they do.

ANYTHING would be better than the silent dropping of certian (infected or not) attachments that the server does now. If I have to pay extra in order to get all of my email, you'd better make it cheap. Dave

Can you satisfy my curiosity? Then I'll go quietly! Chuck in Taiwan PS/ Yeah...using my ISP was an obvious workaround. Guess I'm just a trouble maker! Sounds like Zone Alarm is intercepting the .EXE attachment before your machine actually connects to the SMTP server. Zone Alarme is converting the EXE to a ZIP for you on the fly. That way, the TCH servers never see the EXE, and let the ZIP pass through. DAve

That's great, except I won't know about it untill the confused sender calls me to ask what happend to their e-mail. I'm looking for notification of faild recipt of mail. Dave

I know we're not going to get the filter removed (BOOO!), but is it possible to be notified when an attachment is blocked? I'd even settle for access to raw mail logs for my domains. Dave

I pay TCH for web/mail hosting not for protection from viruses/male pattern baldness. I'd prefer not to have the abilities of what I pay for diminished in order to provide a service that I didn't ask for. At least, make it an option. Heck, a beancounter would call that a value-added service. Make some extra $$$; charge for it. Dave

The best way to test your site would be to tell your OS to use the TCH DNS servers to resolve. Since the servers at TCH are already set up the way the rest of us will see the DNS entries once you make the change with your registrar, directly accessing them will make it look like you've already mad the chage. N.B. depending on the TCH server configuration, you may not be able to browse any sites that they don't host, and it isn't very polite to use their DNS servers for recursive queries on a regular basis. If you're using a Windows OS, the DNS server setting is in a different place depending on the version, and type of connection to the Internet you have. In all cases you'll be looking under TCP/IP properties, and selecting 'Specify DNS servers' (or equivalent). just enter the IP address of the SNH servers (which I'm too lazy to look up right now). DON'T FORGET TO MAKE A NOTE OF THE WAY IT IS SET UP BEFORE MAKING THE CHANGES. You'll have to change it back after you're done testing.