Thanks for the explanation Scott and John. Steven
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry > Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 12:15 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Declude.Virus] How to explain the [Partial Vulnerability] > virus to a user. > > > > >How do you explain the [Partial Vulnerability] virus to a user? > > Something like "Back in the old days, E-mails were limited to 50K > each, and > large files had to be broken down among several smaller E-mails. > For year > now, however, E-mails haven't been limited to a specific size, and so > people rarely ever split up E-mails anymore. Recently, it was discovered > that splitting up E-mails would bypass many virus scanners, so it is now > recommended practice for mailservers to block any E-mails that have been > split up in this way." > > >How do they fix it? > > They need to set their mail client not to split up outgoing > E-mails. They > almost certainly at some point saw a checkbox in their mail > client settings > and said "Gee, let me check this!"; that's the one they need to uncheck. > > > I believe it comes from having this setting turned on in my config? > > > >BANCRVIRUSES ON > > Correct. It is STRONGLY recommended to keep that at its default > setting of > ON; otherwise, future viruses WILL get through your server. > -Scott > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
