List Mail with Viruses?

[zscoundrel]

If you use the link in the note (http://help.rr.com/faqs/e_mgsp.html) RR 
claims they tested this late in 2002.  I have seen it a couple of time 
in the last week.  Both times apparently on notes from KCLUG.

<Contents of virus filter help page>

Inbound Virus Filtering

Road Runner has launched a Virus Filtering initiative for all inbound 
Road Runner e-mail, after a successful trial late in 2002. Virus 
filtering is becoming increasingly necessary as viruses, worms, and 
similiar issues are quite destructive to computers and the Road Runner 
network alike. E-mail is one of the main ways that viruses spread across 
the Internet.

This initiative is the first standardized inbound virus filtering effort 
at Road Runner. E-mail will be affected only when if virus is found. 
Road Runner will not read e-mails - only scan attachments for viruses.

The virus filtering will screen your incoming e-mail attachments for 
over 50,000 known viruses, and more virus definitions are added on a 
regular basis.

This initiative is for e-mail-distributed viruses only. All incoming 
Road Runner e-mail attachments will be screened for viruses, and e-mail 
without attachments will not be screened at all. Attachments without 
viruses will be delivered with no alterations to the e-mail or the 
attachment. Attachments with viruses that can be cleaned, will be, and 
then delivered with a message added informing you that a virus was found 
and removed. Attachments with viruses that cannot be cleaned will have 
the attachments (or when possible, part of their attachments) deleted, 
and the e-mail will be delivered with a message stating that a virus was 
found and the file deleted.

Phoenician wrote:
> Road Runner blocker viruses?
> 
> I have RR and I have never have them block anything.
> Actually, I have RR residential and RR Business Class (at work or course).
> 
> - Michienne
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
> [mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of Ron Parker
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 8:06 AM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: List Mail with Viruses?
> 
> 
> I have received two messages on this list that RoadRunner has blocked as
> having a virus.  Does anyone know if there have in fact been email
> messages with virii posted here lately?  Since I'm running Linux a little
> Windows virus isn't going to hurt anything.  But I don't want RR blocking
> legit email either.
> 
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