[60992] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Email virus protection
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jack Bates)
Wed Aug 20 16:52:37 2003
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 15:49:01 -0500
From: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <017201c36754$82e70d80$8919d797@JPALMERWIN2K>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
John Palmer wrote:
> Hey - they aren't supposed to be using their work e-mail for stuff
> other than work - especially in a banking environment.
>
> I would be unhappy if my bank did not exclude executables from
> outside e-mail.
>
That's what the net admin was telling me when I mentioned one of his
branch bank offices had Sobig-F. Apparently they all run A/V and I think
he said his mail server does as well. Unfortunately, they still allow
executables in.
I won't be using that bank.
-Jack
