> > Steven Stern wrote:
> > > Checking outgoing mail is pointless.  Why bother?

> On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:33:09 -0500
> Kris Deugau <kdeu...@vianet.ca> articulated:
> > So you can reduce malware propagation?  (And as a result, maybe not
> > end up on everyone's local blacklist for spewing garbage...)

On 24.02.10 11:38, Jerry wrote:
> It is still pointless and a waste of processing power.

you like being on blacklist after your users start spewing spam and viruses,
don't you?

> > > If I were mailing malware, I'd be sure to mark that it had been
> > > scanned, approved, and was safe to open.
> > 
> > *nod*  I won't trust third-party headers claiming mail is safe or 
> > non-spam...  I *will* happily trust third-party headers that say it's 
> > malicious or spam.
> 
> Again, pointless. I do not believe that there is any industrial
> standard or RFC that specifically states how to insert a header that
> that marks an e-mail as infected.

doesn't that "*nod*" mean anything?

> Simply employing your own AV software is a lot simpler, and probably more
> reliable.

of course we do. 

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