On 10:41 AM 12/7/2001 -0800, it would appear that Michael Welch wrote:
>R. Scott Perry wrote at 01:32 PM 12/07/2001 -0500:
>
> >>>After sending the E-mail, I got a "bounce" message from a server that 
> blocked it, thinking it was a virus.  Looking at your original rules, it 
> looked like your filter should have blocked my original E-mail as 
> well.  You might want to check to see why it didn't -- I believe that the 
> text that I included in the original is exactly what you are trying to 
> block on.
> >>
> >>Yet another reason to not block viruses. It will mean that we can't 
> even talk about .exe or .pif or ... files.
> >
> >That's actually a problem inherent with keyword filtering, not virus 
> scanning.  Virus scanning in general has an extremely low false positive 
> rate (I haven't yet seen a virus scanner report a virus in a file that 
> didn't contain a virus, although it has been known to happen).
>
>OK, I get it. How about this, gang. Is there a way that an imail virus 
>catcher could be made to strip the attachment replacing it with verbiage 
>like, "A file attached or embedded in this message had the potential for 
>carrying a virus. Please contact the sender for an alternative method of 
>obtaining this file."
>
>Something like search for the mime headers???
>
>Just winging it here.

Yes, Scott's already done with Declude virus 
http://www.declude.com/Virus/index.html easy to setup, easier to use.


Tyran Ormond
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Central Valley Water
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