How to fix this issue: Blocked due to organizational overrides. Update or remove the "FileTypePolicy" action from the Anti-malware policy (Strict Preset Security Policy1656932236829)

Shahnawaz Alam 0 Reputation points
2026-09-02T06:22:24.2333333+00:00

We are sending an internal email, but the email is bouncing back with the following error:

“Blocked by organization policy: Antimalware policy block by file type.”

However, the file type is not included in the blocked file types list, as we verified in the Microsoft Defender Antimalware policy.

Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this issue or how we can resolve it?

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