don't quarantine silent viruses?

[Randal, Phil]

No, they do get virus scanned because I deliver them to the great bit-bucket
in the sky (aka /dev/null).  My guess is that the quarantining is done
because they are high-scoring spam, and that test is done before virus
scanning.

Cheers,

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Hirsh, Joshua
> Sent: 26 May 2004 13:11
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: don't quarantine silent viruses?
>
> Hey Phil,
>
>  Don't forget that messages marked with a high spam score
> don't get virus scanned (to save resources). So what you're
> seeing is normal.
>
>
>  Cheers,
> -Joshua
>
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