I can't commit to help on the spot but I may be able to do something.
What is the typical volume? - John
On Sat, 2002-04-27 at 14:02, Nate Carlson wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Daniel Zeiss wrote:
> > Good mailinglists have virus filter installed so every incoming mail
> > gets checked and deletes virus mails, with a small notify to the
> > sender, so noone else is bothered by this windows users with some data
> > security problems (virusspammers).
> >
> > I already received a warning from my ISP, because he also gets this
> > virusnotfication mails from our mail scanner and the ISP is not
> > willing to tolerate such an high amount of virusmails anymore.
>
> You have to remember, the people running this mailing list aren't making
> any money off it. It takes a fair amount of hardware to run a mailing
> list, and it takes _far_ more to run every single message through a virus
> scanner. Plus, there's the price of the scanning engine to start with.
>
> So, since you're complaining, are you volunteering to fork out the cash to
> make it happen?
>
> If this was a mailing list for a commercial product, run by the vendor,
> I'd also complain -- but since it's not, I'm keeping my mouth shut, and
> making good use of the 'D' key on my keyboard. If it really irritates you,
> just write a procmail rule to filter the alerts out, and stop e-mailing
> virus notifications to your ISP.
>
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