Re: Blocking E-Mail Attachment Types

[Jesse Thompson <jesse.thompson () DOIT WISC EDU>]

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

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  Jesse Thompson
  Division of Information Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  Email/IM: jesse.thompson () doit wisc edu

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