Hello -
On 4/26/01 5:00 AM, Darrin Cardani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, one thing that would be nice is to be able to simply reject a
> message based on the subject.
Yes! This is exactly the sort of creative solution I was talking about!
The discussion shouldn't be about whether it is the ISPs responsibility,
liability or burden to filter viruses. It shouldn't be about whether
customers are naive or stupid, therefore somehow *deserving* to be
victimized by viruses. It doesn't solve anything to discuss the *likelihood*
of a virus being sent through a particular server. And we shouldn't dodge
the question by considering the futility of blocking *all* viruses, or the
negative impact a complete virus blocking system would have on the
simplicity of sims.
The question is, can we - easily - block *any* viruses that we now don't?
It's a step in the right direction.
A subject line filter, if implemented, would really help. It would block
known viruses that might be transmitted by a well meaning friend, and it
would block *some* occurrences of "unstoppable" (eg "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" - chosen
at random from my logs) spam. The load on sims would be minimal. It seems
like a sensible suggestion :-)
Daniel
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