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On 08/10/16 16:42, Gary Schrock wrote: > Anyone know if there's a list of file extensions that msu's email > blocks? doc appears to be blocked, although docx isn't blocked, just > kinda wondering what else might be. The message you get when they're > blocked refers to a msu page on virus's that doesn't exist anymore. > > I'm not particularly surprised that doc is blocked, I was actually a > little surprised that the documents that someone in my department was > trying to send were still doc and not docx. I was a little surprised > that given doc is blocked, docx isn't. (Of course, now I'll probably > have everyone annoyed with me when the msu mail team realizes that it > wasn't and should have been, and fixes that problem :) ). > > (It's also a little annoying when the block message says it's being > blocked because of a virus, and it's not really true.) > > 550 Virus found see http://help.msu.edu/mail/virus/ > <http://help.msu.edu/mail/virus/> or call 517-432-6200 <tel:517-432-6200> > > And of course, that web link doesn't exist anymore. I just talked with one of my faculty about exactly this. He had the same problem trying to send a file. As a test, we renamed the .doc file in question to ".d" and still the same error, though two other .doc files went through. I can't see the file in question, but this person doesn't have a history of viri, etc. So I think there is an intermittent false-positive viri detection problem at the moment, unless the Perseids are bringing viri. ;-) --STeve Andre'