I agree. I, too, administer a corporate server. My Declude/F-Prot have
obvious advantages, but I also use filters as additional brute-force
protection. I do not want my employees attaching 'fun' exe's and installing
them all over the place or catching an undefined virus, or using company
email for inappropriate usage.
Since I'm responsible for disinfecting viruses and also fixing broken OS's
I have reserved the right to be strict with attachments regardless of virus
protection. All this plus the legal implications of inappropriate corporate
email usage.
My 2 or 3 cents worth (as I avoid doing what I'm really supposed to be
doing right now).
D
At 8/30/2001 01:18 PM, you wrote:
>That depends on the situation. We us Imail for our corporate e-mail and
>want them to have to take that extra step. Anti-virus works great and
>catches most of the problem files, but a couple of times my .vbs block has
>caught brand new viruses before they were included in the dat file
>updates. If I were running an ISP I would leave it up to the users, but
>in a corporate enviroment different rules apply.
>
>Dan
>
>Joshua Levitsky wrote:
>
>>Blocking all exes is not a good idea IMHO. I can send you a virus in a
>>zip file anyway. All blocking all exe's does is make life harder for end
>>users. And if you block exe's are you going to also block pif's and com's
>>and bat's as well? It's a road that shouldn't be gone down. Instead spend
>>the money on Declude's (www.declude.com <http://www.declude.com>)
>>antivirus solution and get F-Prot or Mcafee and you'll be doing your
>>users a world of good.
>>
>>-Josh
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Rene Bakkum <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 11:25 AM
>> Subject: [IMail Forum] blocking attachments for certain email boxes
>>
>> How can i setup my imail server (6.06) to block certain attachments.
>> We dont want ppl to send us any .exe files.
>>
>> Thnks already
>> Rene Bakkum
>>
>
>
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>
>Dan Shadix
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>
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