Apparent MessageLabs disclaimer

[Martin Hepworth]

Quentin

Given that they use most, if not all of the commercial scanners it
doesn't surprise me. Probably just covering themselves as they can't
guarentee to scan this stuff.


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Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300


Quentin Campbell wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Drew Marshall [mailto:drew at THEMARSHALLS.CO.UK]
>>Sent: 03 March 2004 19:28
>>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>Subject: Re: 4.28.4, works great!
>>
>>
>
> [snip]
>
>>Just another point that made me smile today, I happened to notice that
>>on the bottom of an automated signature from a company that pays $$$ to
>>Messagelabs they were stating: 'This message has been scanned by
>>Messagelabs for viruses, it should be noted that we can not scan
>>encrypted or password protected messages'. Looks like even the mighty
>>Messagelabs have not worked a fix yet!!
>>
>
>
> Drew
>
> I have been looking on the MessageLab site for confirmation of this but
> can find no acknowledgment from them that they are unable to deal with
> password-protected/encrypted archives in attachments.
>
> Can you provide further information and a copy of the disclaimer you
> received?
>
> Thanks
>
> Quentin
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