Also Sprach Henry Sieff: > Well. > The theory is that Microsoft's products are vectors for infection via > worms. This is true; but blocking based on mail client is a > superficial solution compared with the much better ones already > available. Once you are parsing the headers and taking action based > upon those, why not use the Content-Type header instead. Same number > of processor cycles to do the parsing and pattern matching, plus you > are not cutting off communications. > > I know of almost no corporation where blocking all outlook-generated > email would be an acceptable solution*; quite frankly, anyone who > "applauds" this decision as a "solution" to the risks associated with > Outlook is remiss. We don't allow any email client to send a .scr file > to our domain; neither should anyone.
Maybe his client just doesn't want messages from Outlook users? Maybe he's just a wealthy home-user that wants to pay someone to do this for him? Wil -- W. Reilly Cooley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Naked Ape Consulting http://nakedape.cc irc.linux.com #orlug,#pdxlug,#lnxs "There was a vague, unpleasant manginess about his appearence; he somehow seemed dirty, though a close glance showed him as carefully shaven as an actor, and clad in immaculate linen." -- H.L. Mencken, on the death of William Jennings Bryan
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