Re: Virus Scanning of EMail

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From: Richard Clayton
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 00:00

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In article <919637446.4188.2.nnrp-07.9e989747@news.demon.co.uk>, Mike
Mann <mike@kempston.demon.co.uk> writes

>In article <36d01f1f.2773795@news.demon.co.uk>,
>richard@spam.egglestn.demon.co.uk (Richard Eggleston) wrote:
>
>>I was wondering, with the recent outbreak of Happy99 
>>Do ISPs scan EMail or postings for Trojans and Virii,
>
>No.

actually, Freeserve does check for happy99 in both news and mail and
rejects such messages

see the freeserve.announce article:
        <79s1h0$ad4$1@newsreader3.core.theplanet.net>

A number of "robots" check for happy99.exe on Usenet and will cancel it
when it appears. This has been the case ever since it first appeared in
January.

Demon will withdraw posting privileges from customers whose systems are
known to be contaminated until they have arranged to clean it up.

-- 
richard                       writing to inform and not as company policy
    fewer than 100 MPs still need adopting:  http://www.stand.org.uk/
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