I have seen a nice implementation like this with yahoo and I like it. I
tried attaching an eicar.com file and right after retrieving the attachment,
the yahoo found out that it the eicar.com file I sent was infected. FYI,
eicar.com is just a test file.
rc> -----Original Message-----
rc> From: Hudak, Tyler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
rc> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 10:15 PM
rc> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
rc> Subject: RE: Denying attachments for web based email
rc>
rc>
rc>
rc> >Anyway, I don't see why the guy wan't to block
rc> attachments? if it is
rc> >because of viruses and the like, he can simply filter http
rc> traffic with
rc> >an antivirus product (and here there are many solutions,including
rc> *sweeper).
rc>
rc> He probably wants to block attachments because you cannot
rc> control what is
rc> being sent out through them. Proprietary or confidential
rc> company documents
rc> could be sent out through a web-based email account and
rc> most likely not get
rc> noticed. If you tried to send it out through the company's
rc> email, then
rc> there would be a much greater chance of getting caught.
rc>
rc> Tyler
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