The environment is the key. As an ISP we can not, because of all of the
file traffic done by the K-12 school students and their web academy as well
as all of the college students in our service area. Telling everyone they
have to zip all their files is not an option. They have to do that to use
AOL and it is driving business to us. At present our three small companies
are listed as preferred internet service provides for just that reason. The
best you can do is to follow the guidance found here on actively scanning
for viruses and urging all of our customers to get and use a good anti-virus
solution on all their PCs
Kevin Childers
It's like I've always said, "You can get
more with a kind word and a two by four,
than you can get with just a kind word."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Steeley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 7:52 PM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] blocking attachments for certain email boxes
> I would have to agree with you about the value of blocking attachments in
a
> corporate setting. I block all executable files (.exe,.com, .bat,.vbs,
> .scr.,.pif, etc) using TrendMicro's VirusWall and it has saved my butt
many
> times. I also scan all incoming viruses, but blocking attachments
> eliminates the problem of a new virus sneaking by the virus definition
> files. This hasn't caused any hardship for my users because, after all,
the
> vast majority of users don't receive legitimate email with vbs, pif or bat
> attachments. People may not like it when they don't receive the cute
> screensaver from their friend or the latest version of Elf Bowling but it
is
> hard for them to justify weakening our security for frivolous email so
they
> don't even bother to complain. My users rarely have a legitimate need to
> receive an executable attachment, and I am able to work out alternative
> arrangements (such as zipping) for those few instances when someone needs
to
> receive such an attachment.
>
> I can understand the problem of an ISP blocking attachments but, in my
> opinion, in a corporate setting it is a highly effective strategy for
> keeping viruses out of your network.
>
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan Shadix
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 3:18 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] blocking attachments for certain email boxes
>
>
> That depends on the situation. We us Imail for our corporate e-mail and
> want them to have to take that extra step. Anti-virus works great and
> catches most of the problem files, but a couple of times my .vbs block
> has caught brand new viruses before they were included in the dat file
> updates. If I were running an ISP I would leave it up to the users, but
> in a corporate enviroment different rules apply.
>
> Dan
>
> Joshua Levitsky wrote:
>
> > Blocking all exes is not a good idea IMHO. I can send you a virus in a
> > zip file anyway. All blocking all exe's does is make life harder for end
> > users. And if you block exe's are you going to also block pif's and
> > com's and bat's as well? It's a road that shouldn't be gone down.
> > Instead spend the money on Declude's (www.declude.com
> > <http://www.declude.com>) antivirus solution and get F-Prot or Mcafee
> > and you'll be doing your users a world of good.
> >
> >
> >
> > -Josh
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: Rene Bakkum <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 11:25 AM
> >
> > Subject: [IMail Forum] blocking attachments for certain email boxes
> >
> >
> > How can i setup my imail server (6.06) to block certain attachments.
> >
> > We dont want ppl to send us any .exe files.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thnks already
> >
> > Rene Bakkum
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
>
> Dan Shadix
> Computer Network Manager
> Terry Reilly Health Services
>
>
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