Executable Attachment policy

Mailtraq's Executable Attachment Policy (found under Options | Incoming Mail | Options tab) allows the administrator to precisely control how Mailtraq treats executable attachments in e-mails.

Mailtraq can put a warning in the subject line and/or message header to indicate that the attachment is executable.

Mailtraq can rename the attachment to a non-executable name to prevent a user from accidentally running it. Users can manually rename the attachment after they are confident that it is safe.

Messages with executable attachments can be redirected to a specific mailbox for administrator inspection.

These features provide a remarkably effective anti-virus service. Although this mechanism will also trap executable attachments that are not viruses, it is a failsafe mechanism as it will stop real viruses (even those for which no detection has yet been written!).