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Old 03-20-2006, 08:58 AM   #1
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Is there any method by which e-mail attachments can be blocked using iptables...question might look foolish..but please try to help me..

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Old 03-20-2006, 01:20 PM   #2
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No, you can't use iptables to do that. Blocking email attachments is done at the application level where iptables works by filtering packets.
 
  


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