[Mimedefang] Missing Web Attachments

[Rob MacGregor]

>From: "Albert E. Whale" <aewhale at abs-comptech.com>
>
>Hmm, looks like I missed this piece of data on the attachment's Defang 
>Warning:
>
>  An attachment named Yahoo!.url was removed from this document as it
>constituted a security hazard.  If you require this document, please 
>contact
>the sender and arrange an alternate means of receiving it.
>
>I believe that this message was mangled because the .url was mentioned in 
>the
>'Default' Windoze Minimum Bad_Extension Definition.
>
>While I did not write the Bad_Ext, I don't understand the 'danger' of
>transmitting the *.url files to unwitting Windoze users.  What are these 
>file
>types?

Keep in mind that more recent versions of Outlook produce the same 
behaviour.  If this is the only person using Outlook 2000 (with security 
patches) or Outlook XP/2002 then that may the source of your real problem.

URL files are shortcuts to, possibly, web pages.  They could be shortcuts to 
other things too AFAIK.


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