On January 9, 2006 11:06 am, Jeremy Kitchen wrote: > just reject viruses at the front door, and you'll be fine. > 'client-side' scanning (squirrelmail IS a client, even though it's run > on a server) is not a 'feature'. Don't think you should do it that way > just because thunderbird does it. The only reason thunderbird or kmail > have client-side virus scanning support is because some providers don't > do their own scanning.
Re-read your last sentence, then compare how Thunderbird accesses messages from a POP server compared to how SquirrelMail accesses messages from a POP server using the built-in Mail Fetch plugin (that completely by-passes any and all mail servers at the site using SquirrelMail). There is no functional difference, so why should one client be allowed to scan messages while another isn't? While it's not the most optimal setup, having the option to scan messages in the mail client should not be frowned upon. If your mail provider does not scan your incoming messages, then the mail client is a good place to scan messages. After-all, it's the only place *you*, the recipient, fully control access to the e-mail message. -- Freddie Cash, LPIC-1 CCNT CCLP Helpdesk / Network Support Tech. School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
