[Mimedefang] Interesting anti-HTML filter side-effect

[Albert E. Whale, CISSP]

David F. Skoll wrote:

>On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
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>>Thanks very much. Still not quite what I'm after. I suspect that my perl
>>skills et cetera are not up to the task but what I want is to bounce any
>>and all html messages even those that are masqueraded with funny lines.
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>In which case, you want:
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>sub filter {
>	my($entity, $fname, $ext, $type) = @_;
>	return action_bounce("NO HTML") if lc($type) eq "text/html";
>}
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David,

Instead of Filtering all of the Email from the recipients, would it make 
sense to Quarantine the messages (for a period of time), and permit the 
user to download the messages via the Web Link? This would permit the 
wary to continue to receive the HTML Formatted Documents, and MAY get 
them to recognize that they are truly the problem child of the email 
community.,

BTW, for all that are interested.  I am developing a Separate Best 
Practices document which will be available on the Web.  This is not to 
say that you should Replace your current Best Practices in your 
organization, but rather I have developed this resource to compliment 
your documentation for your organization.  I'll post the link at a later 
time.

Thank you David for the Wonderful MIMEDefang Resource.  I am currently 
compiling a list of resources for my Web Pages, and will permit all 
users access to these Links, not just the registered users.  Your Tools 
have helped Thousands, and they are certainly in demand.  Thanks again 
for all you do!

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