--On Wednesday 20 March 2002 17:31 +0000 Nicholas Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> ________________________________________________________________________ >> This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The > > Bollocks alert! Bollocks alert! > The above statement cannot be true. > "all known viruses" would be truthful. > "all viruses" is not. Unfortunately Star attach this comment to all our email, and I cannot as yet edit it. In their defence, their scanning is heuristic as well as signature-based, so they can claim to be scanning for unknown as well as known viruses; and they are confident enough to offer a guarantee: if a single virus, known or unknown, gets through their screen we get a refund. It has certainly caught everything that's been thrown at it here (about 1 in 650 of our incoming messages is infected). Jonathan -- Jonathan McKeown, System Administrator. The College of Optometrists, 42 Craven Street London WC2N 5NG. Tel: +20 7839 6000 Fax: +20 7839 6800 Incorporated by Royal Charter and registered as a Charity No 1060431 http://www.college-optometrists.org mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________
