While it indeed may be more sensible for the ISP to maintain
a virus checking operation on all messages coming into and
going out of their ISP, your ISP also, evidently, seems to
work under the assumption that redundancy insures that the
message will get through and sends out multiple
Well, you're playing an online form of Russian Roulette
then. Some of the recent rash of viruses attach themselves
to web pages. Click on the right link, and you're hit! And,
you probably won't know about it until for some time. Unless
of course, the virus trashes your system.
If you
Well, you're playing an online form of Russian Roulette
then. Some of the recent rash of viruses attach themselves
to web pages. Click on the right link, and you're hit! And,
you probably won't know about it until for some time. Unless
of course, the virus trashes your system.
If you
I understanbd completely and was just pulling your leg.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Otway
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:46 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: filmscanners: Filmscanners: OT: E-mail virus
While
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Subject: filmscanners: Filmscanners: OT: E-mail virus
I've noticed several e-mails about viruses on this e-mail
list non of which
I seem to have received. On further investigation I have
discovered that my
service provider Freeserve (cheap almost cheerful) will
not allow dodgy
attachments
Perhaps we should all suggest to our service providers that
they should impliment a similar scheme.
The ISP that hosts my website and provides my mail has a virus-checker
running on the pop and smtp servers. This means that I *cannot* receive
a virus, and if I accidently catch one it can't
Perhaps we should all suggest to our service providers that
they should impliment a similar scheme.
The ISP that hosts my website and provides my mail has a virus-checker
running on the pop and smtp servers. This means that I *cannot* receive
a virus, and if I accidently catch one it can't be
of your posts. :-) I received several copies of the post below.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Otway
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 7:50 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: filmscanners: Filmscanners: OT: E-mail virus
Perhaps
Perhaps we should all suggest to our service providers that
they should impliment a similar scheme.
The ISP that hosts my website and provides my mail has a virus-checker
running on the pop and smtp servers. This means that I *cannot* receive
a virus, and if I accidently catch one it
I've noticed several e-mails about viruses on this e-mail list non of which
I seem to have received. On further investigation I have discovered that my
service provider Freeserve (cheap almost cheerful) will not allow dodgy
attachments such as *.exe or *.vbs they just bounce. Harmless files
[bouncing of possibly infected attachments]
Perhaps we should all suggest to our service providers that they should
impliment a similar scheme.
At some point, Microsoft will probably kick up a stink. I wish they'd never
allowed VBS or any sort of scripting in email! Frankly there ought to be
a
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