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==Email security and attachments==
 
XMission rejects email attachments with commonly malicious file formats as a security measure to prevent potential viruses from impacting customers. Rejecting emails with executable files, for example file.exe, will protect you from possibly receiving malicious software containing a virus or malware.  
 
XMission rejects email attachments with commonly malicious file formats as a security measure to prevent potential viruses from impacting customers. Rejecting emails with executable files, for example file.exe, will protect you from possibly receiving malicious software containing a virus or malware.  
  
 
This blocking is applied to all inbound and outbound email. Automatically, a reject notice will be sent to any sender attempting to send to, or from, the XMission mail system.
 
This blocking is applied to all inbound and outbound email. Automatically, a reject notice will be sent to any sender attempting to send to, or from, the XMission mail system.
  
File types rejected end in: '''scr, vbs, dll, exe, shs, bat, lnk, pif, chm, hta, com, cmd'''
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==Blocked file types==
  
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Rejected files end in: '''scr, vbs, dll, exe, shs, bat, lnk, pif, chm, hta, com, cmd'''
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== Zip to send==
 
XMission customers needing to send a file type on this list can archive it as a ".zip" file first, then send that file as an attachment.
 
XMission customers needing to send a file type on this list can archive it as a ".zip" file first, then send that file as an attachment.
  
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==Maximum attachment sizes==
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XMission allows email attachments with the following sizes:
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* Up to 10 MB for @xmission.com accounts via https://webmail.xmission.com
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* Up to 25 MB for @xmission.com email sent with mail applications
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* Up to 50 MB for our hosted Zimbra email sent to external
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==Learn more==
 
Learn how XMission [http://transmission.xmission.com/2013/08/14/how-xmission-spam-and-virus-filtering-works filters for viruses and spam].
 
Learn how XMission [http://transmission.xmission.com/2013/08/14/how-xmission-spam-and-virus-filtering-works filters for viruses and spam].

Revision as of 12:37, 3 February 2015

Email security and attachments

XMission rejects email attachments with commonly malicious file formats as a security measure to prevent potential viruses from impacting customers. Rejecting emails with executable files, for example file.exe, will protect you from possibly receiving malicious software containing a virus or malware.

This blocking is applied to all inbound and outbound email. Automatically, a reject notice will be sent to any sender attempting to send to, or from, the XMission mail system.

Blocked file types

Rejected files end in: scr, vbs, dll, exe, shs, bat, lnk, pif, chm, hta, com, cmd

Zip to send

XMission customers needing to send a file type on this list can archive it as a ".zip" file first, then send that file as an attachment.

Maximum attachment sizes

XMission allows email attachments with the following sizes:

  • Up to 10 MB for @xmission.com accounts via https://webmail.xmission.com
  • Up to 25 MB for @xmission.com email sent with mail applications
  • Up to 50 MB for our hosted Zimbra email sent to external

Learn more

Learn how XMission filters for viruses and spam.