Block Attachments with Certain Extensions

Just set up a student mail server using OS X Server 10.4.4. I am wondering if there is a way to ban or block attachments that contain specific extensions from being delivered.
I am specifically targeting .mpeg, .mp3, .zip, .vbs, .exe, .vbs, .js, .rar and a few others.
I haven't found a way to do this in the Apple Mail service. Is this possible? And if so how?
Thanks for any help!

Is it viruses you are concerned of? If yes, you are far better of activating virus filtering on your server. Extension based filtering is not particularly efficient and/or safe.
If you have other reasons for blocking certain attachments you can setup header checks in postfix. See here:
http://www.postfix.org/header_checks.5.html
Bear in mind there is no "intelligence" in this method. If a user renames a file's extension to .bla it will slip through.

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geo909 wrote:Thanks so much. So what is different when we group those options with ?
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