Re: off topic - email software

by Eric Frazier <ef(at)kwinternet.com>

Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:30:27 -0800
To:	Trevor Lockwood <trevor(at)author.co.uk>
Cc:	Hank Marquardt <hmarq(at)yerpso.net>, Lisa Bradshaw <zibbler(at)mediaone.net>, hwg techniques <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
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Hi,

This is why email virus scanning does not below on your system, it belongs
on your proxy or somewhere between your computer and the Internet, if you
don't have a proxy, then you need to get one in order to use Outlook safely.
Actualy, I am kind of surprised ISPs are not offering this as a service. I
guess it would be to much liability. But then maybe some are I have not
looked since I use Eudora, and Kmail on Linux :)

I tend to think that it also may be true that just being vigilant with
updates would be a big help, but it wouldn't suprise me if something still
got though, as in this case.

Eric 


>I went away last week and downloaded 2,200 emails on my return - 40 of 
>those contained this virus - which started sending itself before I realised 
>- and MacAfee now tell me it can only be removed in MS-DOS mode - and it is 
>not detected by their system - which is just about as good as your 
>suggesting we should all change to gobbledegook.com
>
>Trevor
>

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