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Date:	Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:57:41 PST8
From:	"Mark Abramowitz" <marka@relaypoint.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Swen virus/Filters

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In <5.1.0.14.2.20031210091730.028219f0@mail.vcnet.com>, on 12/12/03
at 10:35 AM, Steve Carter said:

>The SPAM filters they have on THEIR mail server
>filter that stuff out as quickly as they can update
>the filters. Since several thousand customers use
>their mail service, they get tremendous leverage
>from their filtering through all their customers
>who do NOT receive the virus-laden messages.
>
>I never have to download or examine virus messages,
>after the first day or so. In addition, I can examine
>the quarantined SPAM (separate from discarded virus
>messages) and retrieve wanted messages up to 7 days later,
>after which it is gone forever.

I may be missing something, but I told my ISP *not* to filter out spam. I
guess I don't trust the imperfect algorithms that may prevent me from
getting important E-mail.

They *do* use their virus filters, and though I don't really need to worry
about viruses, I don't mind as long as they let me know that they've
prevented something from being sent to me, so that I can ensure that I
won't lose a client attachment that just happens to have a virus, too.

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