By the way, despite all the hullaballoo - thank you, you folks who keep
this list and the support of Free S/WAN going. It is appreciated even
if it's a bit frustrating right now - John
On Sat, 2002-04-27 at 16:06, Daniel Zeiss wrote:
> > > Good mailinglists have virus filter installed so every incoming mail
> > > gets checked ...
>
> > 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.
>
> Well, that depends. For example you can buy POP3 accounts out there for
> something around $3 / month including virus checking.
>
> So the routing would be,
>
> 1) forward incoming mail to linux-ipsec_at_freeswan.org to the POP3 box
> 2) let the email be checked there and let the virusnotification only be sent
> to the sender
> 3) forward mail to mailinglist account for linux-ipsec_at_freeswan.org
> 4) then the mail gets processed by the mailinglist manager and gets
> distributed to all of us.
>
> > So, since you're complaining, are you volunteering to fork out the cash to
> > make it happen?
>
> No, because all list admins should have considered this beforehand. The costs
> for hosting such a server like freeswan.org are above $3/month anyway.
>
> I, myself, am listadmin of some lists too, but no list distributes mail
> without checking and filtering before!! (and I pay for the server and the
> viruschecking)
> This all is only necessary as a result of Outlook users.
> (btw you can modify Outlook so it wont execute virusmails anymore, just for
> those who need to know.)
>
> > I'm keeping my mouth shut,
>
> and thats why i got your mail?
> or
> thats why we all receive virus mails?
>
> > I personally would not think this is a good idea. Since it is possible to
> > have false positives,
>
> Yes, so what? If there is a false positive the sender gets a notification and
> can try again. Anyway if your mail is plain text you wont have much trouble
> with false positives.
>
> > the problem is the 4 or 5 auto replies that
> > are totally unnecessary, and REALLY annoying these days.
>
> that is not the core problem, the core problem are the virus mails and the
> resulting problem are the auto replies. imho fighting core problems is more
> promising for stability in the future than fighting the symptoms
>
> bye
> Daniel
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