Steffen Kaiser wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
>> Kenneth Porter wrote:
>>> 
>>> Now I'm wondering why Clam (configured in MD) doesn't treat hoaxes,
>>> like phish, as just another virus. Is there some other system that's
>>> targeted at stopping hoaxes?
>> 
>> Hoaxes aren't really all that serious of a problem.
> 
> Well, those "Nigerian" money transfer stuff is subject of
> SpamAssassine; I would expect that for all hoaxes, too.

The Nigerian scams are forgeries, sent in bulk by anonymous senders.
Hoaxes like the jdbgmgr "Teddy Bear virus" hoax are legitimate email really 
sent by well-meaning people who know you.  There's a line there which I 
personally don't want to cross, though every email system manager has a 
different set of rules to live by.

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Hispanic Business Inc./HireDiversity.com       Software Engineer

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