Hello Henri,

 LL>>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.

 WD>> I'm wondering ... how many virusses can there be in a Fidonet message
 WD>> ... except for the message itself ... of course....

 HD> The reply of a virus checker under every messages is completely useless.

I agree.  But it is something that is apparently beyond my control.

 HD> The (real) moderator should forbid that.

And how, pray tell, would any moderator be able to force a company
to do his/her bidding?

 HD> A anti virus program should work silently and only log to its onwer,
 HD> i.e. in a log file, not to the public.

The option not to use an anti virus program is not an option.
Not a viable option, unless one wants an infected computer.

 HD> And second, FidoNet's EchoMail  E-Mail.

How does a participant go about participating in a forum if
he/she is unable to protect his/her system from viruses?
Reverting to snail mail is not an option.  Except for prison
inmates, and those in the loony bin.

 HD> As my message to lc ml did not help to stop writing the same sentence
under
 HD> every msg for years now, I have stopped asking them to do so.

Would you have unprotected sex with a total stranger?
Some people would.  And enjoy it.  But they also might
not live very long, for obvious reasons.

 HD> That's why I did not ask LL to stop mentioning his virus rule.

It is not my rule, or even my idea, to have an unwanted message
at the bottom of every message I post.

 HD> The only thing left is the next message key ;-(.

Or an effort to figure out how to solve the problem.  Which is
apparently not your strong suit.

 HD> But still it is wasting of transportation bandwith and harddisk storage
 HD> room.

If everybody thought like you, there would be no participants
at all in fidonet.

--Lee

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