Re: [afnog] RE: W32.Sobig.E at mm

[ALAIN PATRICK AINA <aalain at trstech.net>]

> >> Maybe if a list member decided to withdraw his subscription to the
> >> list, on account of the uol.co.ug MX being a virus gateway, how much
> >> intellectual benefit has been lost on that account?

They should not, as the origin of the virus message  is known. And there is 
not RFC saying that MTA should  check virus

> However, list users can look at the bigger picture, and perhaps not expect
> the list to check their e-mail, but rather, install anti-virus scanners on
> their computers and/or MX gateways. To drill down to having uol.co.ug take
> care of this, defeats the purpose of what has been learned through this
> thread.

I used to recommend that.  Do your own security.

Should we blame uol.co.ug if their AV does not catch a virus which come to our 
systems and unsubscribe ?

--alain
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