Thanks for the explanation Scott and John.

Steven

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> [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
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