File Type Filters : SpamTitan Help Center

SpamTitan scans each attachment to determine its file type. If the file type matches any of those listed in the table below, then an action is applied to the email based on the file type filter settings.

File type filtering helps detect file extensions being changed to bypass filtering. For example, an executable file (.exe) is blocked even if the file has a text file (.txt) extension.

Go to Filtering > Attachments and select the File Type Filters tab. Follow the steps below to create a file type filter.

After creating or editing a filter, or number of filters, select Apply Filters to apply the filters to your mail. This button is not available for five minutes after selection.

Creating a File Type Filter

Go to Filtering > Attachments and select the File Type Filters tab.
Select Create and the Create A File Type Filter window displays.
- File Type:
- Inbound action: Select the action to take on inbound emails that match this filter:
  - Allow: Allow the email.
  - Block: Block the email.
    
    Important
    
    The domain or user policy determines if the message is quarantined. Go to Policies > Domain Policy or User Policies.
  - Ignore: Take no action.
- Scan Archives: Select if you want this filter to match files contained within compressed archive files.
- Comments (optional): Enter optional comments about this extension filter.
Select Create or save this extension filter or Cancel to discard changes.

Important

After creating or editing a filter, or number of filters, select Apply Filters to apply the filters to your mail. This button is not available for five minutes after selection.

Category	Extension	Description
Miscellaneous	txt	Ascii Text file
	pgp	PGP file
	swf	Macromedia Flash file
	uue	uuencoded file
	hqx	binhex file
	asc	ASCII file
Image Files	jpg	JPEG image file
	gif	GIF image file
	png	PNG image file
	tiff	TIFF image file
	pcx	PCX image file
	bmp	PC bitmap file
Audio Files	mp2	MP2 file
	mp3	MP3, MPEG ADTS, layer III file
	m4a/m4b	ISO Media, MPEG v4 system
	flac	FLAC audio bitstream data
	oga/ogg	Ogg data, FLAC audio
	wav	WAVE audio
Movie Files	mpv	MPEG video stream data
	mpg	MPEG system stream data
	mkv	Matroska data
	wmv	Microsoft ASF
	avi	AVI file
	ani	Animated cursor
Document Files	html	HTML document
	xml	XML document
	sgml	exported SGML document
	ps	PostScript document
	pdf	PDF document
	rtf	Rich Text Format document
	doc	Microsoft Office file
	lat	LaTeX file file
	dvi	TeX DVI file
	java	Compiled Java class file
Compressed Archive Files	gz	gzip compressed file
	bz	bzip compressed file
	bz2	bzip2 compressed file
	xz	xz compressed file
	lzma	lzma compressed file
	lzo	lzop compressed file
	Z	compressed file
	zip	Zip archive
	7z	7-zip archive
	rar	RAR archive
	lha	LHa archive
	arc	ARC archive
	arj	ARJ archive
	zoo	Zoo archive
	tar	GNU/POSIX tar archive
	cpio	ASCII cpio archive
	sit	StuffIt archive
	deb	Debian binary package
	a	current ar archive
	rpm	RPM file
	tnef	Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) file
	cab	Microsoft cabinet file
	installshield	InstallShield Cabinet file
Executables	exe-ms	MS-DOS or MS Windows executable
	exe-unix	Unix (RISC, ELF, COFF) executable
	exe-vms	VMS executable
	exe	MS-DOS, MS Windows, VMS, or Unix executable

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