Re: suggestions for blocking dangerous mail attachments?

[Su Wadlow <swadlow () utdallas edu>]

--On Saturday, January 11, 2003 1:01 AM -0300 Juan Mejia 
<jmejia () uchile cl> wrote:

>          What's your opinion about changing file extensions on windows
>          machines to reduce the threat of malware through e-mail?

We don't mess with changing them.  We just block all mail with 
attachments
whose types could carry viruses -- for example, we block all messages 
with
attachments whose names end in .exe or .scr (there's a longish list of
"dangerous" extensions that's used for the blocking).

This practice *really* reduces the threat of malware through email, 
since
little to none of that junk gets through. :-)

--
Su Wadlow
swadlow () utdallas edu
Faculty/Staff Support