On 04/25/01 at 11:49, kreme wrote:
> In fact, if an ISP starts scanning email for viruses, an argument could be
> made that they are then responsible for the legality of ALL the email
> passing through their servers. This might be fine for a business that has
> control over their employees, but it certainly is not OK for an ISP.
Not to mention that if an ISP makes claims to its users that it is scanning
and blocking viruses on its mail servers and one 'slips through,' it seems to
me that affected users could reasonably argue that the ISP has some
responsibility for damage caused to their systems ('You said you were
protecting me, but I got burned anyway...'). It could open a can of worms that
I'd think most ISPs would want to keep closed. IMHO, an ISP's efforts are
better spent educating its users on how to protect their own systems.
Christopher Bort | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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