[H-GEN] Email filtering

[Robert Brockway]

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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, David Duffy wrote:

> I like that one. Very nifty. Sometimes I send/receive exe files
> but I can always wrap them in a zip file when required.
> I'll send it to /spam for now in case of false positives.
> ".procmailrc here I come!"

You could also construct an additional procmail rule which excludes
certain addresses from the blocking of attachments which appear to be
executable.  So you could "white list" the addresses of those you trust.

Rob

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