Attachment Problems In Email

[ffrazz]

Emails being sent to me with excel, executable, or word document attachments are being returned to the sender from another email system with:

 

This message has been rejected because it has

a potentially executable attachment "bulkrates050403.xls"

This form of attachment has been used by

recent viruses or other malware.

If you meant to send this file then please

package it up as a zip file and resend it.

 

We prefer to receive these files unzipped (since many senders do not remember to zip them), and wonder how to configure to do so.

[Lianna]

The return message doesn't tell us *who/where* is turning it back. If we could see the header info it would be better. Also, is it only from people using a specific ISP or is it ANY one sending the file type getting bounced?

[Larry]

this thread might help

[ffrazz]

Thank you for the thread info where this has been discussed before.

 

My files that are being refused server side have .eml attachments.

 

Many implementations of Microsoft Outlook/Exchange forward messages as .eml attachments within the forwarding message.

 

Perhaps a future implementation of Exim will not perform like this.

[KevinW]

The list of attachments that are blocked are also posted on the TCH Help Web Site (click here)

 

FYI, did you know that newer updates to Microsoft's Outlook Express will automatically configure OE to block users from sending or receiving Microsoft WORD (.doc) documents? So, one Microsoft product cannot include an attachment of another Microsoft product.

 

Pure and simple --- it's the nature of the world we live in. Workaround? ZIP the files you wish to send as an attachment.

-kw

[Head Guru]

Great point kw.

 

Why didnt I think of that?

[KevinW]

Great point kw. Why didnt I think of that?

 

That's why you have me hangin' around these forums ... that's why!

 

-kw