ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY
 


UNIVERSITY EMAIL VIRUS PROTECTION


The School email servers are configured to block messages that may contain viruses. All incoming mail is scanned for viruses. When a virus is found, the message is blocked from delivery. No notification is given to the sender or addressee.

In addition, email containing attachments with the following file extensions are always blocked or quarantined:


Blocked File Extensions

Email items having attached files with the following extensions are always blocked from being received. No notification is given to the sender or addressee. These file extensions are also being blocked when they occur within archive files like zip, arc, tar, etc. Archive files that are password protected are also blocked.

com
exe
pif
scr
vbs


Quarantined File Extensions
Email items having attached files with the following extensions are quarantined. These file extensions are also being quarantined when they occur within archive files like zip, arc, tar, etc.
ade
adp
bas
bat
chm
cmd
cpl
crt
dll
gif
hlp
hta
inf
ins
isp
js

jse

lnk
mdb
mde
msc
msi
msp
mst
pcd
reg
sct
shb
shs
vb
vbe
wsc
wsf
wsh