Hey - they aren't supposed to be using their work e-mail for stuff other than work - especially in a banking environment.
I would be unhappy if my bank did not exclude executables from outside e-mail. Again, ITS YOUR EMPLOYERS NETWORK, NOT YOURS. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary E. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jack Bates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 14:29 Subject: Re: Email virus protection > > Yo Jack! > > On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Jack Bates wrote: > > > The best method for protection of your network (by limiting exposure of > > your users to viruses) is to strip executable files. We replace the > > files with a small text file mentioning the filename and a brief > > description of why we stripped it and who to contact if they need the file. > > I love guys like you. All my customers once had (still have) admins > that filtered and cleaned their email for them. Also added > firewalls for their protection. Now they are my customers because they > do not want your protections. > > What you are doing is certainly proper in some cases. I would hope > BofA learned that lesson after the last worm attack that killed their > ATM network. That also means a lot of bank employees need to also have > an ISP account from me to do things they can not do with their email on > the job. > > RGDS > GARY > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:+1(541)382-8588 Fax: +1(541)382-8676 > > >
