Satya's blog - Renaming attachments

Sep 28 2004 15:41 Renaming attachments
At my workplace, the mail server renames certain attachments to avoid auto-executing viruses, probably by making foo.jpg -> foo.jpg.abc or something. I suggested a renaming scheme like so: bmp > jpg, jpg > xls, ppt > gif, xls > bmp, gif > zip, zip > ppt, exe > hqx, pif > doc, com > exe, doc > hqx, hqx > pif, and jpeg > html.

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