Mailtraq - the Complete Email Server
   

Enstar for Mailtraq email server sales & support
Making world-class Internet technology affordable  

Search for:

Advanced search

KB01120904 Why do some email attachments get renamed to .TxT ?

Mailtraq includes an Executable Attachment Policy which is a safety feature to prevent virus attacks. This is enabled by default so you may need to reconfigure the feature in the Mailtraq Console. Go to Options | Incoming Mail | Options | Settings to make changes.

Mailtraq can "sanitise" an attachment by renaming it to .TxT and although this doesn't render the virus completely harmless, you will need to rename the attachment manually before being able to execute it. The complexity of renaming the file should be enough even to prevent unaware users from running the executable.

If you do not wish to sanitise the attachments, you can disable this and simply add a note to the subject line warning users.


Keywords: kb security
Mailtraq Highlights...
 SMTP Server     Mailtraq SMTP email server video IMAP Server     Mailtraq IMAP email Server video
 POP3 Server     Mailtraq POP3 email server video Proxy Server     Mailtraq proxy email server video
 Webmail Server     Mailtraq webmail email server video Mailing-list Server     Mailing list email server video
 Groupware Services     Mailtraq groupware email services video Spam and Virus control     Spam and virus control email server video

 

   Copyright © 2003 - 2011 Enstar Ltd, Enstar LLC & Fastraq Ltd. All rights reserved. Privacy policy.
   Mailtraq® is a registered trademark of Fastraq Limited.