On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 09:50:40AM -0500, Bill Carlson wrote:
[snip]
>
> An additional no for an ISP would be liability. If you're virus scanner
> failed to pick up something and a users drive was destroyed, big problem.
> Heck, some people would blame the ISP even if they got the virus from a
> friend.
>
> Better to not even try, then try and fail.
This could also be seen the other way round - invasion of privacy,
messing with users' mail. This is ofcourse heavily dependent on the
actions taken upon finding an infected message.
Greetz, Peter
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