Brightmail 9.0.2
Updated: 25 Feb 2011 | 3 comments
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I recently upgraded my Brightmail SPAM filter from 8.0 to
9.0.2 without any issues. I am now getting emails blocked that are clean emails because of the following attachment. winmail.dat.
This is hitting against the Archive Attachment list.
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Hello, looking at the
Hello,
looking at the documentation available online it seems that the file (TNEF attachment) is properly categorized by SBG 9 so if you have a policy that acts on archives that would be the expected behaviour. Please have a look at these articles for detailed information:
Attachment is getting converted to winmail.dat
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH138398
How e-mail message formats affect Internet e-mail messages in Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290809
How to Prevent the Winmail.dat File from Being Sent to Internet Users
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/138053
Federico
So is there a way that I
So is there a way that I can let just these messages through
while still blocking other archived files?
I obviously can’t control how other peoples email servers are
setup.
Sorry I just found the TNEF
Sorry I just found the TNEF file type in the Archive
List. I will remove this and see what
happens.
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