[Esd-l] Problem with unmangling attachments

[John D. Hardin]

On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Eric Kwant wrote:

> 2. Or is it just poisoned attachments that the sanitizer reacts
> this way too, and regular (?) defanged attachments are not
> severely disabled like this?

It is just poisoned attachments that are mangled in this manner.

MANGLE = change attachment filename
POISON = change MIME header so attachment requires work to retrieve
QUARANTINE = save poisoned message rather than delivering

Does that clarify it any?

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