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On Wed, 08 May 2002 13:20:42 PDT, Adam Audette <[log in to unmask]> said:
> Just a quick question: is there any real reason to run virus
> protection software on a dedicated LISTSERV / LSMTP box?
For what it's worth, we scan *inbound* mail going to the Listserv system
but not outbound - it was relatively simple to implement since we already
had a rack of Mirapoint systems.
We don't do it to protect the Listserv system itself - we do it to minimize
the effects of The Next E-mail Based worm (Sircam, Nimda, Klez, etc). All
it takes is a few people posting to a mailing list that has 3,000+ local
subscribers to start a really nasty virus burn....
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Valdis Kletnieks
Computer Systems Senior Engineer
Virginia Tech
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