Re: ISP scanning for infected e-mail

From: Phil Weldon (notdisclosed_at_example.com)
Date: 10/14/03


Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 22:30:49 GMT

Well, yes. It is a virus scan. And there is such a thing as a receipt for
e-mail. I think that covers it to my satisfaction. There really is no
other choice unless you go to the lengths of investing in what is for most
users ridiculous panoply of domain names, servers, and software.

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"N. Miller" <koko@soko.invalid> wrote in message
news:MPG.19f0bdde8e9e35839897ee@msnews.microsoft.com...
> In article <tRBhb.11135$Eo2.5275@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
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>
> Well, what do you want? For your ISP to silently drop your email? Could
you
> trust your ISP to be 100% certain that the email they drop is what you
> wanted them to drop? Not I...
>
> -- 
> Norman


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