> If they were running their systems properly we wouldn't be having this > conversation. The clients of those systems are able to retrieve mail and > attachments straight to local storage while by-passing local filters (and > policy). Not very different from browsing ftp sites in that regard, and > wholly unsecure.
Right. Which means *your* security policy still must include desktop security by way of firewalls/virus scanning/proxies/policies/etc. An insecure public web mail system is irrelevant. John -- John Madden UNIX Systems Engineer Ivy Tech State College [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html