IMHO It's best to let everyone know... We've never had anyone upset about the notification going out, but we've had many happy people thank us for letting them know before things got out of hand. _M
| -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of | Dave Langston | Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 10:28 AM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Virus Stuff! | | | | | *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** | | On 19/04/02 at 10:17 R. Scott Perry wrote: | | >>I would only put notify notices for your our staff. | > | >Which brings up another issue -- should you send the virus | >notifications to the recipient if the virus originated from a local | >user? For example, you | | >have an employee that downloads a file with a virus from an | FTP site, | >and | >gets infected. Do you want all his contacts (that would | have received a | >virus) knowing that the employee had a virus? We have quite a few | >customers (mostly the business types, not ISPs) that only send the | >recipient notifications if the virus originated from outside their | >company. :) | | This is what I meant - only inform your own staff of the | virus not the whole world - therefor the notification would | only go to a sender with your domain in their email address. | | | Thanks, | | Dave Langston | IT Solutions Architect | South Staffordshire Group Plc | Tel - 01922 638282 x5101 | Web - http://www.south-staffordshire.com | Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Home | Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Web - http://www.010100.co.uk | | | | ===ssg=== | The information contained in this message is confidential and | is intended | for the addressee(s) only. If you have received this message | in error or | there are any problems please notify the originator immediately. The | unauthorized use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this | message is | strictly forbidden. South Staffordshire Group Plc will not be | liable for direct, | special, indirect or consequential damages arising from | alteration of the | contents of this message by a third party or as a result of | any virus being | passed on. | | This footnote confirms that this email message has been swept by | South Staffordshire Group Plc for Content Security threats, | including computer viruses. | | | Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html | to be removed from this list. | | An Archive of this list is available at: | http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%| 40list.ipswitch.com/ | | | Please visit the Knowledge Base for | answers to frequently asked | questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ | | Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
