RE: Whence the spam/virus filter?

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

On 03 November 2006 16:58, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:50:44PM -0000, Dave Korn wrote:
>> On 03 November 2006 15:36, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
>> 
>>> There have been no fewer than *seven* (no, wait... nine? ten?)
>>> virus-laden messages slip on the list in the past 24 hours. Am I
>>> mis-remembering that we have spam (and /virus/) filters, or are they
>>> letting things through? 
>>> 
>>> I guess mostly I'm checking that someone is working on it, as the rate
>>> of arrival is starting to get ridiculous.
>> 
>> 
>>  I dropped a note to overseers but I imagine it's the us-uk time zone
>> difference that's meant nobody's seen to it yet.
> 
> You really don't have to do this.  I notice these things and take
> steps to correct them.  You just add to the spam by being one of the
> many "helpful" people clamoring to bring it to my attention.
> 
> I have had system problems for the last few days which make it hard
> to read email but that just means I have to deal with 27 people saying
> "HEY!  I JUST NOTICED A VIRUS!" all at once.
> 
> cgf

  Well, I just thought maybe you sleep sometimes. :)


    cheers,
      DaveK
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