Jan-Pieter, On my system, your message shows a header which contains:
X-message-flag: *** MICROSOFT OUTLOOK FATAL ERROR 15: PRESS ALT+F4 TO CONTINUE This also appears in yellow in the Outlook session as a header section to the message viewer - is this part of your message, or something which my Outlook added? Google has exactly one incidence of this header, in a mailing list for NNTP... Anyway, you wrote: > Also, I believe you are reasonably safe as long as you force the first > part of the message/partial to be "big enough". Say, 1MB or larger. > > This does provide a few theoretical openings for a virus to slip > through (eg, sending a large enough zip file, so with the end of the > zipfile missing, it cannot be easily extracted). I live in fear of the day when all spam and viruses arrive with a 1Mb image or text attachment first, followed by a nasty executable or an HTML alternative part which is smaller and more spammy. Given the recommendation to only scan larger files, many of us could be in trouble. For now, there is no reason at all to allow partial messages through - if a sender uses them, persuade them to change, or write a re-assembler in your filter. Best Wishes, Paul. __________________________________________________ Paul Murphy Head of Informatics Ionix Pharmaceuticals Ltd 418 Science Park, Cambridge, CB4 0PA Tel. 01223 433741 Fax. 01223 433788 _______________________________________________________________________ DISCLAIMER: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender or the Ionix IT Helpdesk on +44 (0) 1223 433741 _______________________________________________________________________
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