Re: antivirus in smtp, good or bad?

[Joe Maimon <jmaimon () ttec com>]

Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:

> Joe Maimon  [2/3/2004 8:43 PM] :
>
> > What you are saying is that every mailhost on the Internet should run 
> > up to date and efficient virus scanning? Pattern matching and header 
> > filtering? Should the executable attachmant become outlawed on the 
> > Internet? Recognize when a "to be bounced email" is a spoof and 
> > discard the DSN?
>
>
> You are going to an extreme there I'm afraid ... I do agree that 
> exaggeration helps stress a point, but ...
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What I was really trying to say is that it is far from a simple topic.