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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'''
==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.
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 [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.