Hi ROBERT.

01-Mar-03 11:47:00, ROBERT SAYRE wrote to CHARLES ANGELICH


 CA>> I'm not saying anything about eproms or eeproms I'm just saying
 CA>> that if the virus 'thing' was _ever_ taken seriously the ISPs
 CA>> could scan for them. The fact that they don't leads me to believe
 CA>> it's just a scam.

 RS> Couldn't that make them "in control of content" opening them up to
 RS> all sorts of legal problems?

 RS> Isn't that "censorship"? Not to mention the slowdown of traffic
 RS> due to the scans?

POP3 will stop the traffic dead untill it's polled for so 30 seconds
slowdown's not a big issue.  those with a SMTP feed should know better.

if you detect a virus/worm/trojan coming in and stop it hitting your users
_you_ don't have to provide the bandwidth to spread it further.

 RS> Seems they're damned if they do, and damned if they don't.

don't promise to scan thair email for malware.

Name the software you use, and the config files, use it, and don't promise
any results. also warn "this service may change, fail, or cease without
notice"

you should be pretty safe then.

 -=> Bye <=-

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