[Esa-l] Double Extensions fails

Karl Dunn Karl.Dunn at vmic.com
Mon Feb 12 11:22:16 PST 2001


I think you have to have jpg in the MANGLE_EXTENSIONS list before the
trapper can poison it.  Same goes for vbs.

Karl Dunn     (KLD13)
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Phil Pennock wrote:

> On 2001-02-12 at 11:07 -0800, Dan Kubilos wrote:
> > If I send an attachment to to myself named
> >
> > test.vbs.jpg
> >
> > The email is delivered.
>
> Uhm, the problem is when files are called things like:
>
>  test.jpg<lots-of-white-space>.vbs
>
> isn't it?  That is, the final extension is used, but it might not be
> obvious that the extension which you're seeing isn't the final one.
>
> Does it also deliver if you called the attachment test.jpg.vbs?
>
> Or am I missing something?  (Probably my brain)
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