Re: Barracuda Networks Spam Firewall

["Christopher X. Candreva" <chris () westnet com>]

> > You're missing the main point - that sometimes things are done in ways 
> > that are sub-optimal or even pessimal from the technical standpoint, 
> > because some other consideration interferes.  Yes, it *would* be nice if 
> > everybody in the world

But if you really need a reason to convince someone who won't get their head 
out of their . . . the sand -- You can probably cut in half the number of 
viruses you have to scan if you reject invalid addresses up front, meaning 
you can buy a smaller/ fewer virus scanner(s).

Which means the companies making them have absolutely no incentive to add 
this feature.

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