On Sun, 29 Jul 2001, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2001 09:40:36 +0000, Ron Clarke wrote in reference
> to email viruses:
>
> > Sadly, my ISP that I use for mail finally told me that telnet is
> > forbidden to all except their own techs, so I was advised to just download
> > them and then delete them. What a novel idea !
>
> My ISP says the same. They say that it isn't possible for a
> subscriber to use Telnet to check on his email, but this is
> just a lie. I do it all the time.
Actually, you're not using telnet (port 23) to check
on your mail... You're using a multi-purpose TCP/IP tool
as a manual POP3 client. ;-)
> Why don't ISPs just periodically perform routine virus scans
> of their mail servers? Then they can just simply delete the
> viruses from the mail servers before anyone gets them.
High-volume mail servers would slow to a crawl if
each e-mail had to be scanned and checked for an ever
increasing number of patterns.
- Steve
