Sean Lee writes: 

> Sorry about an off-the-topic-remark, but I think a-v software does work 
> more often than it doesn't.
> Besides, how do you expect, say, an insurance company to ban Excel or Word 
> attachments?
> It's more expensive/inconvenient to implement a no-attachment policy and 
> create a productive work-around.

Simple: make a policy enforcing everyone to use compression for executable 
attachments: simply make the server refuse any messages with unwanted 
attachments, don't attempt to clean them; it does not work. They're in email 
because they're sent by a virus. Take a look at 
http://www.untroubled.org/qmail-qfilter/, and
http://www.fefe.de/antivirus/42.zip (Attach this one, and feed it to your 
antivirus, it  will definitely either kill your antivirus software or bring 
your server down. Make your own conclusion about antivirus software.)

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