R. Scott Perry wrote at 02:03 PM 12/07/2001 -0500:
>>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 similar is available -- our Declude Virus program, when detecting a banned
>file attachment (for example, .scr or .pif) can now send a notification to the sender
>of the file letting them know what happened, and that they need to re-send the file.
Cool. I think that's about as useful as letting the recipient know. Maybe even more
so, because it notifies the sender that they might be sending viruses without
bothering the recipient.
Of course, that guy that just tried to email that 8 MB self-extracting WinZip
advertisement graphic from his modem might be a bit miffed. I think that I would
rather get the message. I still have to stand on my request as a competent end user to
not censor my email.
>You'll be happy to know, however, that our default configuration will not enable the
>banning of file extensions.
So a sysadmin would have to work at completely axing the email.
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