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