Sequence VIrus/SPAM

[Randal, Phil]

I wrote a FAQ item about it:

  http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/serve/cache/277.html

Cheers,

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> Behalf Of Chris Trudeau
> Sent: 25 March 2004 16:13
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Sequence VIrus/SPAM
>
>
> I know this discussion has been had in the past.  I have been
> somewhat out
> of the loop relative to the message list, but my searches are finding
> nothing.
>
> When Sobig came out, the thread indicated that the cost
> (resources) to virus
> scan every message was too costly, when SPAM scanning could
> eliminate a good
> portion of these before even requiring the Virus Scan.
>
> Was this design issue ever re-visited?  I'm just curious
> because with users
> that have a store rule with no deliver action are being
> required to review
> their SPAM quarantine within MailWatch, release it just to find it
> quarantined due to virus infection.
>
> THX
> CT
>