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From: "TLN" <>
Subject: Re: [Italy] email attachments-NG
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 14:57:07 -0400
References: <20010910.142325.-152689.0.morgero@juno.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010910144851.C48051-100000@granite.sentex.ca>


Attachments can not be sent thorough any rootsweb.com mailing list.

Thus, no virus can be transmitted through any rootsweb.com mailing list.


On 10 Sep 01, at 14:59, wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Viruses are very sophistacted today and now send themselves based on the
> correspondence addresses in your unread email inbox, and your email
> address book. So a virus will most likely come from someone you know,
> or are corresponding with.
>
> At this point, very few residential email packages scan for viruses. You
> need to have separate virus software that works in conjunction with your
> email software.
>
> Nothing personal, but I would check every incoming attachment for virus,
> even those from people who think they are clean. So software that scans
> outgoing email is kind of odd to me. I would prefer for virus software to
> scan incoming email, and monitor my hard drive for infection continually.
>
> Times are changing though.
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> --
>
> Ontario, Hardiness Zone 6a
>
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, wrote:
>
> > Many people, I think, are overly afraid of attachments to emails. Yes, if
> > you revcieve an email with an attachment from someone you do not know,
> > then be suspiciou if you do not have an anti-virus scan. When I send
> > attachments, my email automatically scans the attachment before I send
> > it. Most email systems do.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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