Dunno about related RFC's,but here's an example of an antispam product
that targets undesired zip payloads.

         http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/technology/zip-spam-protection=
..php

2004 virus attacks using zipped payloads

      http://www.pcworld.com/article/114629/zipped_files_can_zap_antivirus_=
apps.html

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I'd agree with Herbert's assessment of what the IT man MIGHT  have meant.
He may be indicating that a system can be fully RFC compliant but
still be able to  block zips within zips without breaking the RFC.
 (ie the zip blocking is not IN the RFC but doing it is not against it).

Reading for a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnng winter night.

              http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5321
              http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5322

     Russell
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