[pmmail-list] Filtering with POPFile

[Phil Morgan]

On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 11:23:33 -0400, John Swartzentruber wrote:

>On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 10:15:40 -0500, Dave wrote:
>
>>>One contrary consideration, however.  Since the recent spate of mass
>>>emailing viruses was announced, I took out all my magnets for friends
>>>who use Outlook and Exchange servers since they cannot control whether
>>>or not they are sending infected messages to me ...
>>>
>>> - - Phil
>>
>>This is a very good point I hadn't considered.  It makes my decision
>>difficult, because I really like the magnets.  I'll ask my friends
>>if they use Outlook or Exchange, and perhaps demagnetize them if
>>so.
>
>But is this sufficient? What if they aren't using Outlook, but are in
>the address book of someone who is? Couldn't they be spoofed as the
>sender and still be processed as a magnet?

Probably not perfect, true ... but everyone not processed with a magnet
would seem one less risk to face ...
               :-)  
 - - Phil

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