filer out zip & rar files

keat63

• March 19, 2021 10:05

I've had a filter configured on a particular inbox along the lines. If Body contains.zip or .rar, then send a bounce to the sender and discard the message. I've had this filter for maybe 5 or more years. Today, it tripped me up. A customer, 'someone@zipsomething.com' has an email, and in his email footer, words saying something along the lines, 'visit us at

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • March 19, 2021 15:15

  Hey hey! It seems like the regex is flagging *.zip* - could you tweak it to just be *.zip so it doesn't get any trailing characters? Would that be enough of a change for what you're looking for?

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  keat63

  • March 23, 2021 10:37

  I did have the filter configured for just .zip (with no wild cards) I wonder if a space at the end of .zip might work, eg .zip(space)(cr)

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • March 23, 2021 16:41

  You may need to add some regex so it ends the .zip and doesn't append anything, like .zip$ (this poster does not claim to be a regex master)

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