Whitelist of File Types

For increased security against files types containing malware, only specific file types can be uploaded to the system or accepted in an email attachment. These file types are "whitelisted" meaning the system only allows these file types to be uploaded.

When attempting to load a file type outside of the whitelist, the following system message will display:

The default whitelist of files types includes:

File Extension	Description
.log	Logfile
.xml	Extensible Markup Language
.png	Portable Network Graphics
.zip	compressed file
.txt	Text
.docx	Microsoft Word document
.wpd	WordPerfect document
.pdf	Portable Document Format (Adobe)
.rtf	Rich Text Format
.xlsx	Microsoft Excel
.pptx	Microsoft PowerPoint
.jpg	Picture - Joint Photographic Expert Group
.jpeg	Picture - Joint Photographic Expert Group
.bmp	Picture - Microsoft Bitmap format
.gif	Picture - Graphics Interchange Format
.tif	Picture - tagged image format
.tiff	Picture - tagged image format
.wav	Audio - Windows Audio
.mpg	Video and Audio - Motion Picture Experts Group
.mpeg	Video and Audio - Motion Picture Experts Group
.mp3	Audio - Motion Picture Experts Group
.mp4	Video and/or Audio - Motion Picture Experts Group (may be audio or audio and video)
.avi	Video and Audio - Microsoft Audio Video Interleave
.mov	Video and Audio - Apple Quick Time
.wmv	Video and Audio - Microsoft Windows Media Video
.wma	Audio - Microsoft Windows Media Audio
.htm	Hypertext Markup Language file
.html	Hypertext Markup Language file