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Subject:Re: virus filtering?? NVC
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Wed, 9 Apr 2003 15:05:34 -0500

The problem lies with your mail server.
Vanagon Server pretty much wipes out all attachments or leaves them
harmless if the sleeze through.
Most University mail servers catch and block virus transmission.
Talk to your mail server administrator ............... they aren't doing
their job.

Stan Wilder

On Wed, 9 Apr 2003 12:55:21 -0700 Bill N <freeholder@STARBAND.NET>
writes:
> Good idea.  If enough people do that, they may actually become
> popular enough that the hackers
> and virus writers will go to the trouble of writing stuff that
> attacks them.  That would divert
> attention from the Windows machines.  Macs are not inherently harder
> to hack or write a virus
> for.  They just exist in much smaller numbers, so most of the bad
> guys don't bother.
>
> Bill
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
> >
> > Sure. Switch to a mac...
> >
> > ;D
> >
> > On Wednesday, April 9, 2003, at 02:16  AM, Hieu Q wrote:
> >
> > > Just wondering if anything could be done about the
> > > recent harvesting of addresses
>
>

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