antivirus in smtp, good or bad?

Tue Feb 3 15:49:34 UTC 2004

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.