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Topic: Attachments with GZ compression

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New trend in sending EXE files is by compressing them in GZ.
Mail server passes them unchecked.

How to implement to stop all EXE files in GZ compressed form?

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2 Reply by ZhangHuangbin

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Re: Attachments with GZ compression

On Debian, /etc/amavis/conf.d/* contains rule to block extensions.

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Re: Attachments with GZ compression

Thanks Zhang
Amavis conf file banned .gz extension attachments.

Also, amavis sends a notification to the sender that email is rejected due to the file extension.