While it indeed may be more sensible for the ISP to maintain a virus
checking operation on all messages coming into and going out of their ISP,
your ISP also, evidently, seems to work under the assumption that
redundancy insures that the message will get through and sends out multiple
copies of your posts. :-) I received several copies of the post below.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Mark Otway
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 7:50 AM
To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
Subject: RE: filmscanners: Filmscanners: OT: E-mail virus
>> Perhaps we should all suggest to our service providers that
>> they should impliment a similar scheme.
The ISP that hosts my website and provides my mail has a virus-checker
running on the pop and smtp servers. This means that I *cannot* receive
a virus, and if I accidently catch one it can't be sent either. He keeps
the virus-checker totally up to date.
That's much more sensible than just blocking certain types of
attachments. I don't run any anti-virus software, and in 6 years of
regular internet use I've never had a virus. Not once.
Mark
