It's interesting that we (ISP's) have been roped into taking care of Viruses for our customers rather than them paying for their own Antivirus software.
I resolved the problem by deleting any email that comes in with attachments with the common problem extensions. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Geater 5/3/04 Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 3:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Blocking Com Extensions (Attachments) > RE: "If I needed to send someone a legitimate "dot" exe file, > I change the > extension to "ex_" before I send it, since my recipient would be > expecting the file to arrive anyway." > > I wish all users were like this but.. alas... they are not :( Actually, I have a rationale that says none of my users need "dot" exe files. In the Windows 98 world, where all this originated, it made sense to block them because they would execute and install without administrative privilege. Now that all my 2k and XP users are set up as "less than administrator", it's not so much an issue anymore. However, I have noticed that more ISPs use Imail than I originally expected. In that line of work, you have to have that clearinghouse, I suppose, else your customers get really bent. To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
